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...thing to discuss these ideals in a classroom, and another thing when you must fight to sustain them. In the application of these principles you have a real sign, whether you are faithful to them or not faithful to them," he said...
...leaves of many plants and actually promotes the formation of frost. As the temperature drops below 32 degrees F, specks of protein produced by the bacteria act as nuclei for the growth of ice crystals (see chart). Without the bacteria and their protein particles, plants can briefly sustain temperatures as low as 25 degrees F before the dew turns to frost. The solution seemed simple enough: from 2% to 5% of the bacteria in nature lack the ability to manufacture the protein. If large numbers of the microbes could be deprived of that capability, the frost threat could be eased...
...drawn between Zia and former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is wide of the mark. Corruption is widespread in Pakistan, to be sure, but Zia himself is viewed as a personally honest and religious leader. The general commands respect, if not admiration, from many Pakistanis, and has been able to sustain healthy growth in the country's economy. Last week his backers sought to blunt the effect of Bhutto's return by awarding some political favors. Prime Minister Junejo and Punjab Chief Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that, effective immediately, new land would be granted to rural tenants and urban squatters...
Until the assault on Fao, the Iraqis seemed to be in control of the military situation. Says one Western ambassador: "We used to ask how long the Iraqis could sustain such costly victories. Now we wonder how long they can sustain such costly defeats." Nonetheless, the Iraqi command seems to have regained its composure since the first weeks of the Iranian onslaught. They are well prepared for a long-predicted Iranian offensive through the Hawazia marshes that flank the highway north of Basra, which is just 50 miles from Fao. Defensive earthworks have been built along the road, with machine...
Certain less-than-scrupulous American firms have provided the South African government with the equipment necessary to sustain apartheid. We have already divested from these companies, and rightfully so. Yet while American businesses employ only a small fraction of South Africa's nonwhite work force, many have brought about significant changes in the lives of South Africa's nonwhites and have aided the movement for change. General Motors and Kellogg, in defiance of government policy, were the first companies to recognize the Black trade union movement that now constitutes one of the strongest forces for progress. Those American firms which...