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...While a select few examine the lunar samples every day, thousands of other people stand in line for hours to get a glimpse of the rocks. Surrounded by other relics of the U. S. space program, guarded more carefully than the Mona Lisa, these small pieces of the moon sitting in their glass case draw crowds throughout the world. The moon samples are probably some of the most uninteresting looking objects ever to attract such attention. They are not strangely shaped or beautifully colored. They are just dull dark rocks which reveal secrets only to the experts. Indeed, there...
...that the U.S. has positioned all over the globe in recent years. The White House has talked about "reducing our presence," while maintaining our commitments abroad-and Congress should be clued in more to discussions of how this can be done. One specific proposal: Congress could establish a small, select "National Security Committee," composed of members with expertise in military and foreign affairs, that would periodically discuss diplomatic problems with the President on a secret but utterly frank basis. Both Congress and the President can move away from an inflationary, supercostly military procurement policy that seems, at times, aimed more...
...Princeton is unhappy not only with the rule, but with District II's unwillingness to select the Tigers despite the rule. "Our district doesn't have the guts to pick us and then have the NCAA make the decision," Huard said. "Our district hasn't even contested it. We need a test case." The Tigers are at a further disadvantage because District II usually makes its selections after District I, so if District I picks an EIBL team, District II decides it cannot choose one. "We knew it would happen," Huard added...
...faculty, with the Governance Committee's approval, made it mandatory that the 22-member council select at its first meeting "eight additional student [members], chosen to represent student publications, student clinical programs and other identifiable student groups...
...HAVEN, CONN. - A Superior Court judge dismissed charges Tuesday against Balck Panther chairman Bobby G. Seale and Ericka Huggins, because, he said, massive publicity made it impossible to select another jury that would be impartial...