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...proposals. Assad and the Saudis also agreed to renew their efforts to end the ongoing war between Iran and Iraq, and the Saudis offered to try to mediate Syria's long-standing differences with Iraq and Jordan. The result of this sustained bit of fence mending was to strengthen Assad, to prod the Saudis toward a slightly more militant foreign policy, and to suggest that the Middle East equation was changing enough to bring some divided Arab nations a bit closer together...
...result, the areas hurt most by federal funding cuts--financial aid and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences--end up unlikely candidates for traditional private sector donations. Realizing this, President Bok, Dean Rosovsky, and other FAS and development officials have recently made special efforts to strengthen the tie between the Faculty and the corporate community...
...West's dual response of sanctions and of turning the other cheek has only served to strengthen the hawkish elements in the Soviet Union. By accelerating the arms race, the United States has assured that the historically paranoid Soviets place their best resources and brains into the military, the only sector of the Russian economy that works well. Should the West boycott trade with the U.S.S.R. and its satellites altogether, a policy favored by some members of Congress, not only would Western Europe suffer if indeed it went along, but the West might push the Soviets to the economic brink...
...Howard H. Hiatt, dean of the School of Public Health, met with President Reagan yesterday as part of a delegation sponsored by the Vatican urging him to strengthen efforts to abolish nuclear weapons...
...bank in Zurich, which grew from a paltry $2.5 million in 1968 to its present capitalization of more than $35 million. De Botton is currently investing heavily in sagging stocks of U.S. energy companies, especially those with large domestic reserves of oil and gas. He also plans to strengthen the firm's venture-capital thrust. Says he: "The U.S. is the prime market hi the world for startup, small and medium-size companies...