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Late last week the game of tit for tat continued. After the French government politely gave four Soviets the heave-ho for spying on a French submarine base in Brittany, Moscow swiftly retaliated by expelling four French diplomats of equivalent rank. For good measure, the Soviets have also ordered the expulsion of two Italians, apparently in retaliation for the quiet ejection of two Soviets who left Rome last week. The Soviet actions seemed a confirmation that Soviet policy has hardened under Mikhail Gorbachev. Indeed, Western diplomats in Moscow suggested last week that the Kremlin's tough line...
...launch went well. The space shuttle Discovery lifted off with a jolt and rapid rat-a-tat-tatting blast, then some roll and yaw and another jolt. The solid-rocket boosters fell away, and the shuttle climbed up out of the atmosphere. Soon the mission commander and pilot saw the earth's curved horizon before them in the orbiter's front window. The crew, dead serious now in the early moments of the flight, proceeded in efficient monotones through checklists, opening and closing switches, scanning the warning lights on the cockpit panels, coordinating with mission control. Fourteen minutes into...
...want to look like a man you can do business with," said a Western diplomat in Moscow. "But he also doesn't want to look like a weakling." With grudging admiration for the Soviet leader's tactics, a British official declared, "The way the Russians have played tit for tat demonstrates Gorbachev's skill in making the best...
...tat sound of machine gunfire resolves into a pulsing electronic rock beat. Staccato images flash by. A flock of pink-plumed flamingos. Bikini- clad girls on the beach. Race horses bursting from the starting gate. The ocean speeding by under the bow of a boat. And, of course, the familiar art deco logo, glowing in vibrant turquoise and pink...
...only was no advance publicity given but also no reporter came to cover the event. The Crimson obviously thought that the issue of South Africa was important because you printed a front page story on Saturday April 20 about protest activities at other campuses. Why no mention of tat day's conference at Harvard? Isn't Harvard an institution dedicated to education? What about some space on serious efforts to educate students and discuss in a meaningful manner the implications involved in an issue of international concern...