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...delicate balance of terror between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The developments are bound to be an important factor when the two nuclear superpowers begin low-key SALT talks next week in Geneva, in an attempt to work out a new agreement to replace the current, stop-gap measure that expires in October...
...York is more than just a corporation, and its long-term problems, as well as other cities', will not be solved by short-term stop-gap measures, although these might be sufficient to avoid default in early December. The federal government has the clear responsibility to come forward with a carefully, worked-out plan of federal subsidies for all cities--a plan that will include some form of autonomy for city budgeting (unlike the legislation for loan-guarantees presently before Congress calling for a three-man board with absolute power over New York's spending policies) and with some form...
...political difficulty is that an excise tax and price decontrol would both require approval by Congress, which could decide to debate the matter into 1976. Thus the White House is considering kicking off its energy-conservation program with a stop-gap tariff on oil imports that Ford could impose by Executive order. The Administration's program would unfold in three stages...
Many blacks at Harvard feel they have little power and hold only token positions; some even believe that racism is prevalent. Others think that the recruitment of blacks in the late sixties was a "stop-gap" effort to appease student demands, and consequently feel these hastily appointed officials may be less competent than their peers. And some blacks also find that too much is expected of them by superiors, colleagues and students...
Recent violent assaults on University employees and students this week inspired numerous calls for tighter security measures at Harvard and a series of stop-gap measures aimed at protecting students who must walk the streets of Cambridge after dark...