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...outburst of hostilities confirmed Britain's determination to enforce the total air and sea blockade of the Falklands that went into effect at 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday. At that point, British government spokesmen had made it clear that Argentine planes on the ground, including the Italian-built Aermacchi light attack aircraft spotted on the islands, would be considered in violation of the ban on all non-British craft within a 200-mile radius of the islands...
...spokesmen for the Democratic Club, Christina A. Spaulding '83 said that primary blame for the present nuclear problem lies with the Reagan Administration Firms involved with nuclear weapons therefore should not be singled out through Harvard divestiture, she added...
...facts, his admission of weakness could only inflame Europe's politically potent peace movement, with its anti-American overtones, and encourage the Soviets to act tougher. Thus, as soon as the implications of Reagan's statement became clear, the so-called fudge factory of State Department spokesmen began backtracking. Richard Burt, director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, rushed onto the CBS Morning News the following day and explained, "What the President actually said was that the Soviets have the momentum and we are worried about the trends...
White House and State Department spokesmen have since confirmed the existence of the covert and program to Nicaraguan moderates. And one official said Reagan has agreed in theory to the creation of the paramilitary force though the details have yet to be worked...
...message from lobbyists, witnesses and sympathetic congressional spokesmen was the same: that the massive cuts in educational funding Reagan has proposed will "mortgage the future" of the nation at a time when--according to the President's own analysis--the United States can ill afford to weaken its intellectual and technological base...