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Charles Krauthammer's story on religion and politics [ESSAY, Sept. 24] inexplicably distorts the distinction I drew between Government policy and private choice. Obviously my speech on tolerance does not suggest that help for the poor, racial discrimination and murder are "private choices," since in every case more than the welfare of the individual is involved. No one in our society questions that. But there is a deep division within our society about whether this is the case with respect to abortion. Appropriately then, it is a matter for individual and not Government decision. Krauthammer's misreading...
Harvard grads are "very loyal but also fairly critical," says Bok, and what they really care about are things like the shape of the Houses, the quality of undergraduate education, free speech, and financial aid, Says the president: "I've only gotten five letters about the football team in 13 years...
...free port and international banking system will remain intact, as will the market for foreign exchange and gold that has turned Hong Kong into the world's third-largest financial center. Above all, the new "Hong Kong, China" will preserve all its rights and freedoms, including those of speech, press, movement and religion. The Sino-British agreement even went so far as to state categorically that "the socialist [i.e., Communist] system will not be practiced in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region...
...Hong Kong. It is part of Chinese territory. Why shouldn't we station troops there?" Not long afterward, when three Chinese representatives of Hong Kong's executive and legislative councils visited him, they received a decidedly cold welcome. No sooner had one of them begun a ceremonial speech than Deng cut him short and launched into a six-minute harangue. His visitors did not speak for the mind of Hong Kong, he insisted, and their talk of a loss of confidence in the colony did not reflect the real situation...
Such incidents have convinced senior officials in Washington that the Sandinistas are not sincere in their acceptance of the draft Contadora accord. The proposed pact calls for, among other things, the adoption of "appropriate measures leading to ... participation of political parties in electoral processes," including freedom of assembly and speech, as well as equal access to the media. It also requires "electoral calendars that assure parties of participation under equal conditions." The Sandinistas concede that their maneuver was aimed at putting the U.S. on the diplomatic defensive. Sandinista Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra declared last week that "the United States...