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...Greek junta has gained enough notoriety in this country that any lengthy recounting of its atrocities-especially by an American who has never been to Greece and knows nothing of its culture after the first century-would be ludicrous. America has supported the dictatorship, with recognition and money. To strengthen its friendship with the colonels, the State Department has lately been host to the junta's Minister of Education, Nikitas Sioris. As part of his tour, the Department arranged for Sioris to be shown the educational resources at Harvard, as an official guest of the University...
...poorly-attended meeting yesterday, the Faculty approved a string of 26 amendments, including four substantive changes that will strengthen the power of the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR) to judge readmissions cases...
...bright ima-ma, or turban, against the airstream, the other fingering the silver kunjar, or dagger, at his waist. Brown-eyed, gentle Qabus bin Said, 30, absolute monarch of Oman, has arrived on another tour of his sultanate (see color pages). Through such visits the Sultan hopes to strengthen the loyalty of local sheiks and villagers who have never seen their ruler. Equally important, the trips are designed to help Qabus learn about the country he took over last July. At that time Qabus told his 750,000 subjects: "We are going to take you into the 20th century...
Sensing the changing mood, Pompidou has sought to encourage greater private investment in Africa, and called for increased "Africanization" of local management. Whether he is doing all this in order to strengthen the Africans' ability to manage their own affairs or in order to improve France's image and thereby ensure its continued dominance is not yet clear. In an address to the Senegalese National Assembly at week's end, he emphasized the importance to developing nations of selfhelp. "Whatever its form and size," said Pompidou, "external aid could never, by itself, ensure the success...
...from remote participants who can be intimidated by the broad net of a conspiracy charge. Any one of them may be persuaded to testify against his co-conspirators in return for immunity from prosecution. In still another tactic familiar to prosecutors, conspiracy is sometimes added to other charges, to strengthen the prosecutor's hand in bargaining for a guilty plea...