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...attempts to curtail corporate consolidations will be opposed by many Wall Streeters and takeover specialists. They argue that such action will only safeguard the jobs of incompetent company executives. Says Pickens: "What the Fed and Cuomo are doing is wrong. It will just further entrench entrenched management. They will finally get all doors closed so that they can go about their business as usual...
...safeguard the public, the Center for Science is urging an outright ban on all use of sulfites. But others note that very few ill effects are documented from sulfites in packaged foods and that there is no substitute for them in making wine. Of the twelve sulfite-associated deaths, only one was caused by wine, one by beer and one by hashed brown potatoes. The rest were all linked to fresh fruits or vegetables. Asthmatics and others who suspect they are sensitive can be tested. Those who test positive should stay away from wine. And they should...
There is no question that a committee so construed would protect the rights of all members of the University community more effectively than do present institutions. It would safeguard students' rights better than do both the one-sided procedures of the CRR and the secrecy of the Ad Board and would force all University members to respect all individual rights. Perhaps most important, such a committee would demonstrate that Harvard is truly more interested in building an open and free academic community than it is in preserving the status quo and silencing malcontents...
...National Assembly in accordance with the constitution and the law of election and recall of the President and the Vice President, and this will be the case in the future. Therefore, there is no problem in the succession to the presidency. Meanwhile, as President, it is my responsibility to safeguard the constitution and to maintain democracy and the rule of law. As to the succession to the presidency by a member of the Chiang family, I have never given any consideration...
...Washington and elsewhere, nonproliferation experts are concerned over an erosion of confidence in the inspection apparatus of the International Atomic Energy Agency; the system is designed to monitor adherence to nonproliferation standards. The concern focuses on the "safeguards" sponsored by the I.A.E.A. to detect the diversion of peaceful atomic technology to bomb-making purposes. Some experts fear that the safeguard scheme is inadequate to the task at hand, while others are worried that the lack of confidence can itself lead to further weakening of an inspection system that in large measure functions on a basis of trust...