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Already China has moved to strengthen its ties with Europe. It has agreed to establish formal relations with the Common Market, and last week sent Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, the third most powerful man in Peking after Mao Tse-tung and Chou Enlai, to Paris for talks with French leaders. Peking will probably also try to strengthen its ties with Japan and the U.S. Ironically, the Communist triumph in South Viet Nam could push China into a closer relationship with the West and Japan in an effort to offset growing Soviet influence in Southeast Asia...
...Rosenfield, "our priorities aren't in getting things but in using what we have." As he sees it, the Fogg is a great museum and would still be so even if it never acquired another work of art. But the Fogg staff, whose job is, after all, to strengthen their muscum, might tend to see their roles in a more acquisitive light...
...among the strongest anywhere in the world. The Fogg's "friends," who have donated over 90 per cent of the museum's works, make the collection seem to grow by itself, according to Rosenfield. In the Fogg's one weak area, that of modern art, Slive plans to strengthen it, while in the field of "art and anthropology" he plans to expand it, in conjunction with the Peabody Museum...
...most recent Gallup poll, British pro-Market sentiment is still strong: 60% plan to vote yes on the referendum, 29% no, and 11% are undecided. Moreover, most Tories will join the Prime Minister in plumping for a vote to stay within the EEC. A referendum victory would strengthen Wilson's hand to the point that most of his Labor adversaries would be forced to close ranks behind him again, if only begrudgingly. But the gravity of Britain's economic crisis demands political courage as well as political expediency. If the divided Labor Party remains too paralyzed to provide...
...conclusion, I must disagree very strongly with your statement that "the university's disregard of the DISC proposal again demonstrates a lack of real commitment to strengthening Afro-American Studies at Harvard." A succession of reviews by faculty members and others have supported the formation of a research and graduate institute to develop the body of knowledge and increase the number of teacher-scholars in the field of Afro-American Studies. Those who have supported this concept believe that such an institute will strengthen Afro-American Studies just as similar institutes have proved useful in many other fields of study...