Word: shortly
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Sixteen professors from both Michigan andPrinceton, and 12 from Columbia, signed thestatement. Law attributed the relative lack ofsupport from Harvard professors to "short notice"and the absence of a contact at the University. "Iwas a little disappointed in Harvard," she said...
Cuba has had a very short history of independence. The last country to be liberated from the Spanish, in 1898, Cuba quickly found itself under the control of the United States. Until 1902, U.S. marines were stationed as advisors to Cuba. Until 1934, under the Platt Amendment, the U.S. State Department held official control over Cuban foreign and trade policy...
...writing in response to the article, "ROTC Holds First Drill on Campus in 20 Years" (March 21). In short I find that the article is grossly unfair in its characterization of both the ROTC program and especially the individuals involved. Not only have we (I am a member of the Naval ROTC unit) been accused of the desire/practice of killing our fellow human beings, but also of doing so blindly in a desperate struggle to pay for our education...
...short, the rise of the new era in East-West relations is not due to some new-found good intentions in the Kremlin but rather to the fact that Gorbachey sought a solution to problems--created by long-term American post-war policies--immediately besetting the Soviet Union...
...possibility of a hardliner backlash notwithstanding, one can see that the Soviets have been the short-run losers of the Cold War. In a war of economic attrition they could not keep pace with the rival U.S. and they are now reconsidering the wisdom of continuing their post-war policies...