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Representatives of a nationwide women's group will tell a Senate committee today that the complaint filed last year against the Kennedy School of Government shows that federal pressure can strengthen universities' affirmative action hiring practices...
...Soviet Union invited to Iran by the ruling Islamic Republic Party (I.R.P.). The agents were the first among several KGB and other Soviet advisory missions that have arrived in Iran since mid-October to help the government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini create an efficient intelligence and security force and strengthen the Islamic Guards, the clergy's private army...
While Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev engaged in his latest effort to strengthen pacifist opposition to the deployment of new U.S. nuclear missiles in Western Europe, the Christian Democratic Union (C.D.U.), West Germany's main opposition party for the past twelve years, faced both an opportunity and a challenge. The opportunity was that Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Social Democratic Party was so badly riven by the missile issue that it might not be able to retain power until the national elections scheduled for 1984. The challenge was that the Christian Democrats would have to contend with the widespread appeal...
...this country. Klein's critics accused him of cultural bias and insisted that U.S. courts had no business ruling on the fate of a child who was in this country illegally. Some complained that the Johnses were being rewarded for having flouted the law long enough to strengthen their emotional-bond argument...
Another way to strengthen retirement benefits is to make a greater return on pension fund investments. Private plans, which control nearly $300 billion in assets, traditionally have been conservative in placing their money. At the end of last year, half was in common stocks. Now corporations are looking for more exotic investments for their pension plans. Says Martin McKerrow, vice president of pension consultant A.G. Becker: "They are willing to search the field for a wider variety of assets, such as real estate, international investments and stock options...