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...First Amendment rights. More than economic progress, our health as a society depends on free speech and academic freedom. If the Reagan Administration continues its short-sighted attempt to stop the free flow of information under the guise of national security, the result may well be a more stagnant, uncompetitive--and thus a less secure--America...
...carving a niche for Reagan as a national political teacher during his final year requires that the President have a secure platform from which to lecture. Baker must show that his nonconfrontational approach can produce results that will prevent the White House from becoming nothing more than a stagnant pond for lame ducks...
...colleges have been working hard to bring these advantages to the attention of high school students, some of whom continue to regard single-sex schools as anachronisms or even convents. Not all are succeeding. A number of small isolated Roman Catholic women's colleges continue to struggle against stagnant enrollments. And over the past two years, Wheaton College in Massachusetts and Goucher in Maryland have abandoned the battle and gone coed. Russell Sage in New York was considering conversion last spring, but after completing a 15-month study of other colleges that had gone coed, administrators decided not to tamper...
...course, a hard-edged manager may be just what First City needs. Despite a partial recovery in petroleum prices this year, the Texas economy is still stagnant and oil-patch lending remains a risky business. The FDIC has already rescued eleven Texas banks, while 38 others went belly up. Last week, as Abboud set up temporary quarters in a First City Tower conference room, he said he will aggressively seek new business, and predicted that First City will be profitable "very shortly" after the influx of FDIC and private funds. "As this bank emerges, it's going to be formidable...
...agreement and for a U.S.-Soviet summit before the end of the year. But last week, in the latest in a series of unpredictable diplomatic maneuvers that began at the Reykjavik summit, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev made another surprise shift on arms control that could get the stagnant talks moving -- and reap new propaganda victories for the Kremlin...