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...massive donation will strengthen humanities research in "an era of unprecedented demands upon American higher education," Schmidt said in a statement...
Since post-World War II agreements prevent Japan from contributing to world peace through military means, its primary objective is to strengthen Third World countries by promoting the study of economic development efforts, he said...
Even more restrictively, the Pope directs local bishops to take "the initiatives necessary" to strengthen a school's Catholic character. The decree's most contentious elements are printed in the smallest type: footnotes | cite clauses in the 1983 Code of Canon Law that mandate a local bishop's prior approval for appointments of religion teachers and that empower bishops to remove dissident faculty, although it is unclear how that would be accomplished...
...haunted by the knowledge that the Americans could not stomach having Castro's Cuba right next door to them. Sooner or later the U.S. would do something. It had the strength, and it had the means. As they say, might makes right. How were we supposed to strengthen and reinforce Cuba? With diplomatic notes and TASS statements...
...border skirmishes in the Caucasus, Gorbachev cannot help being concerned about what might result from added chaos in the economy. Last week he sent out a presidential telegram to regional leaders, warning that perestroika would amount only to "good intentions" unless governments at all levels took steps to strengthen "law, order and discipline." It was a signal to batten down the hatches. More change lies ahead...