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Blaming the Arabs for Western economic problems follows past patterns of simplistic--but useful--political analysis. It emulates Sen. Joseph McCarthy, telling the American people that "Commies" were to blame for their problems, or George Wallace, revealing that "Niggers, Jews and Yankee businessmen" kept the South poor. Like these analyses, Kissinger's will promote hatred, violence, and denial of the truth--which is that the West is largely responsible for its own problems...
...Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) called the panel "one-sided" as it contains no "champion of civil liberties," and said "the issue here is the CIA tampering with the civil liberties of American citizens...
Jean Mayer, professor of Nutrition, expresses anger at student opposition to meatless days, and orders the Food Services Department to serve turkey tetrazzini every day for a month, "to break them." Half a million teamsters and Mayer are laid off. Bok announces that Sen. Peter I. Dominick (R-Colo.), "an expert on Third World nutrition," will fill Mayer's chair...
...State Sen. Jack H. Backman (D-Brookline), who is sponsoring legislation similar to last year's which would ban any gun with a barrel shorter than ten inches, once again has the support of Boston Police Commissioner Robert J. di Grazia and Middlesex County Sheriff John J. Buckley, whose narrow victory in the last election has been interpreted as a victory for gun control...
...coalition of Massachusetts and Rhode Island student groups, led by State Sen.-Elect William Owens, has called for a "national march against racism" in Boston this Saturday, and Harvard-Radcliffe Afro is sponsoring an anti-racist teach-in to take place at the Business School the night before. Everyone who can participate in these activities should...