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That policy shift may tempt Harvard to abandon keeping its hefty records on affirmative action endeavors, but the University should resist the urge. Harvard should continue to report publicly on its hiring efforts, and show that the Reagan Revolution should not and will not move affirmative action from the spotlight...
...Reagan Administration's unexpected delay has created ill will in the U.N. As one Western ambassador puts it, "The world cannot stand still forever waiting on Washington." Some participants fear that the U.S. refusal to sign the treaty may tempt Third World countries to reopen issues in which they made concessions. It is now hoped that a "final" session might be scheduled by summer. After that would come the substantial hurdle of U.S. Senate approval...
Paisley's political theatrics occurred as terrorist attacks were continuing. Following a near fatal Protestant assassination at tempt against Catholic Activist Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband, and the I.R.A. killings of Protestant No table Sir Norman Stronge and his son, an I.R.A. commando scuttled a British col lier off the coast. At the Maze Prison out side Belfast, meanwhile, I.R.A. prisoners announced another hunger strike to begin March 1, similar to the 53-day protest last year that nearly cost the lives of seven prisoners before it was called...
...would not bow to an "ultimatum" from the workers. In spite of the week's bluster and turbulence, therefore, there still appeared to be some small chance for compromise-a chance neither side could afford to lose. The alternative was a mounting spiral of confrontation that could ultimately tempt the Soviets, who have 55 divisions still poised within striking distance of Poland, to impose their own brand of order on the country's bold experiment. -By Thomas A. Sancton...
...mechanical bulls that tempt and toss the urban cowboy sell for $7,500 each, about $5,000 more than they cost Gilley's Bronco Shop Inc. in Houston to manufacture. The bionic beast is mounted on a pedestal and powered by a 5-h.p. electric motor that is operated by remote control. El Toro has graded levels of difficulty, working up from a bovine shimmy designated One to a shake-and-break Ten. The headless, vinyl-and-steel contraption was developed as a teaching aid for rodeo cowboys by New Mexico Inventor Joe Turner, who sold his patent...