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...lost. A de facto cease-fire still holds in Guinea, and neither side would rule out a resumption of the talks in the near future. Talks between Frelimo and the Portuguese are still scheduled to resume July 15 in Lusaka, although chances of a cease-fire in Mozambique are slight. As the OAU gathered in Mogadishu last week, Scares appealed to the organization to help settle differences that will arise in Lusaka and Algiers. Its ability to aid is doubtful, however. The OAU states have not even been able to coax any measure of agreement from the three rival movements...
...that most emotional issue in racial relations: the high level of black crime. In 1968 and again in 1972, blacks were arrested for 27.5% of all crimes. Some decline was registered in the rate of arrests for crimes against property-burglary, larceny, auto theft. But, distressingly, there was a slight rise in the arrest rate for aggravated assault, forcible rape and murder. Thus the ghettos continue to bear a disquieting resemblance to battlefields...
...well-stocked with oil companies and public utilities, two of the most controversial spheres in this day of energy shortages. It is highly unlikely that there will be any immediate move to get Harvard out of such companies, no matter how regressive their policies are. There may be a slight alteration of this make-up over time, but if Harvard ever does decide to divest itself of its Gulf Oils, Middle South Utilities and other controversial stocks, the process will be eternally slow. Cabot and Putnam are fine Boston gentlemen, bred in the best Harvard tradition. They still adhere...
Rosovsky also came into a job that carried with it severe financial headaches. The Faculty has been operating at a slight deficit on its $60 million annual budget, and Rosovsky had to raise tuition $200 this year and implement a tight "no-growth" budgetary policy for major departments in an effort to bring about financial solvency...
Horn feels that Princeton, whose squad is made up mostly of West Coast sailors, will have a slight advantage in the event as will the University of California at Irvine. MIT, last year's champs by four points, and the University of Washington could also provide a challenge to Radcliffe...