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Arafat, who is thought of as one of the world's most feared terrorists, is nothing more than a man asking for international legality for his people. The Palestinians are a people without a country: kicked out of their homes and scattered all over the world as refugees.
That does not seem likely for the moment. But like other government agencies, NSF has been struck by the budget ax; for fiscal 1982, the Antarctic program has been effectively cut by 10%, curtailing scientific activity and delaying needed repairs at McMurdo. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union continues to expand its...
"Students always say 'I want to major in this--I want this to be the central focus of my studies at Harvard,'" Kates says. But the Committee on Women's Studies has no power to grant degrees or authorize joint majors. And because offerings in women's studies are "so...
But the show did get scattered applause. West Germany's newspaper Die Welt marveled at American "spontaneity and verve in coping with things recognized as right." While observing that such an enterprise "could only happen under Ronald Reagan," the Montreal Gazette was approving: "Though Poles can no longer speak...
The ensemble splits into three broad geographical areas: Africa, the Americas and Oceania (that vast and anthropologically complex area from Easter Island to the Torres Strait, embracing the scattered island cultures of the Pacific as well as Australia and New Guinea). The sweep of the collection reminds one that at...