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...financial questions have often assumed far greater importance than they should. Voluntary abortions tend to carry with them emotional and moral dilemmas, and by refusing to pay for abortions the University has until now required less-wealthy students and students who could not seek aid from their families to shunt these problems to a later date, until they have taken care of the more immediate question of financing...
...staging a rerun of his own. Next afternoon, he took blonde, leggy British model Susan Hunt, as his third wife. Burton, who won a quickie Haitian divorce from his two-time wife Elizabeth Taylor in July, and Hunt, recently divorced from British Race Car Driver James ("The Shunt") Hunt, were married in Arlington, Va. Less exotic than his last wedding reception (Burton and Taylor celebrated their remarriage in Botswana last October with two hippos in attendance), the modest guest list in Arlington included Hunt's erstwhile escort Brooke Williams...
...criticism of the Administration's restrictive economic policies during a minisummit on social services held at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Arguing against cuts in social services, Jerry Wurf, fiery president of the State, County and Municipal Employees Union, charged that Government policies aim to shunt most of the burden of fighting inflation on the poor. Replying that everyone is hurt by inflation, Greenspan said: "If you really wanted to examine, percentagewise, who is hurt most in their incomes, it is the Wall Street brokers...
...border province of Ogaden-a barren, sandy area populated mainly by nomadic Somalis. The area's value has increased considerably since the discovery of natural gas there. There is evidence of oil deposits as well. Eventually, after hearing statements by both sides, the O.A.U. agreed to shunt the issue off to an eight-nation "good-offices" committee, for a report next year...
...forced to resign because of last December's Baltic coast riots. In fact, Gierek has done many things that Gomulka in recent years would not have dared. Last week he made important moves in his overall strategy to ease economic and religious tensions in Poland, and to shunt aside hard-line leaders who also happen to be his rivals for power. Specifically, Gierek: - Introduced a new Five-Year Plan to the party's Central Committee that attempts to placate the shortage-plagued Poles by shifting emphasis from heavy industry to consumer goods. It also places great stress...