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...operating expenses. The House never passed such a resolution, because the lobbyists of the President, who had spearheaded efforts in this country to participate in the IYC, "forgot" to introduce such legislation in that body. At this point the United States and a few African dictatorships comprise the select group not participating on a national basis in IYC activities (whatever they...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: The Children's Crusade | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...decided last fall to select students for Hum 15 by a random lottery," Louis J. Bakanowsky, chairman of the VES department and instructor for Humanities 15, "The Visual Arts: Conceptual and Practical Explorations," said yesterday. Bakanowsky said he selected 60 students from 400 applicants...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: Restricted Enrollment Courses Turn Away Many Students | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

...Khomeini prepared to meet Bakhtiar last week, Washington was laboring to find who was responsible for the American diplomatic debacle in Iran. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in an eleven-page report, blamed just about everyone, from President Carter on down (not to mention previous Administrations) for a myopic policy that confined its view of a whole nation to the personage of one man, the Shah, and ignored the grievances that festered throughout the country. The House report stressed that "intelligence and policy failings were intertwined: intelligence collection and analysis were weak, and policymakers' confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Waiting for the Ayatullah | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...Prime Minister, these officials hasten to add, is based not on preference but simply on the fact that he is, for the moment, the legal head of government. Says a State Department specialist: "We are not trying to push Bakhtiar on the people of Iran. If they decide to select a new leader of their government, we are perfectly willing to cooperate with that choice." In anticipation of that possibility, U.S. diplomats were quietly engaged in unofficial contacts with the Ayatullah's aides, as well as direct ones with Bakhtiar and the top military leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Waiting for the Ayatullah | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

President Bok may determine the composition of the ACSR but he has already stated that he does not want to tell the graduate schools how to select their respective ACSR members. Graduate school deans now appoint the committee members...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Inciting An Avalanche | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

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