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...doubt to prevent just that, the party has ordered a buildup of highly politicized, worker-led urban militia-apparently to counter the P.L.A.'s role as a national police force. In one remarkable slight to the professional military, Shanghai's model militia force was pa raded before a group of the city's top political leaders; incredibly, the local P.L.A. garrison commander was not even invited to the event. Returning the insult, a majority of P.L.A. regional commanders, in what looks like an act of open insubordination, reportedly refused to attend a meeting called by Peking...
...began his talk with a historical analysis of how Harvard got to where it is, and he showed a slight proclivity for a dialectical interpretation of political development. In the early sixties, universities like Harvard took a simplistic approach to their treatment of minorities, Bok said, but were forced to deal more seriously with race later on in the decade after black students began to discover "the subtle, pervasive flaws in our attitudes toward minority groups." Bok told the NAACP that when these black activists took a close look at Harvard's hiring and academic policies in the sixties they...
PAUL TSONGAS. A slight man of Greek descent, Tsongas, 33, is a former Peace Corpsman and Robert Kennedy supporter who became the first Democrat in 90 years to win in a district that includes historic Lexington and Concord near Boston. He is a Yale Law School graduate whose campaign against Republican Incumbent Paul Cronin largely turned into arguments over disclosing income tax returns, personal credibility and political tactics. The campaign became a personality contest in which Tsongas' quiet confidence and unassuming manner were more effective. He had a succinct explanation for his success: "The people wanted a Democrat...
Returning to top form, Keefe continued his winning ways, copping top honors against Brown and Dartmouth, and making strong showings in the other meets. The harrier squad made a slight comeback, but on the whole, the season was disappointing...
Botha also announced a slight change of policy on the issue of South-West Africa. South Africa has administered the area under a League of Nations mandate since 1920, but the U.N. revoked the mandate in 1966, renamed the area Namibia, and is training nationals in exile for eventual independence. Until last week Vorster had maintained that self-determination for the region would take another ten years. Now Botha concedes that "this stage may be reached considerably sooner...