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Though the major NATO governments oppose the antimissile movement, they are not blameless. "We believe the Europeans are too timid in dealing with paci fist sentiment," says a Pentagon official. "They see no political rewards for themselves in speaking out on nuclear weapons policy and tend to back away from the debate. These governments have to do it for themselves." Says Christoph Bertram, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies: "There are a lot of people in West Germany today who would accept a reasonable explanation of why the government believes [defense] is so important. The people...
Despite their apparent comeback, debate on whether or not to admit women continues, though less hotly at the two military schools. There, cadets tend to agree with a vehement V.M.I, official: "There is no such thing as a Sister Rat, and there never could be." At the other schools, opinion is divided. By one estimate, 60% of the students at Wabash are against coeducation, the faculty is split evenly, and alumni are 95% opposed...
...despite the popularity of a few pieces, British music has never been a vital part of the orchestral scene. One reason: music directors of U.S. orchestras tend to be European born and steeped in the Continental tradition that calls for plenty of the Beethoven and Brahms symphonies as a musical diet for all seasons. Another is that American orchestras, when they venture beyond the classics, feel an obligation to home-grown composers. Further, they may be predisposed against British music on account of its sometimes folkish nature, a trait that does not hinder appreciation of Bartok or Stravinsky, both...
...Republicans are a much more decentralized party." H. Douglass Price, professor of Government, explains, adding, "their activists tend to be more conservative, happy with...
Though the decision to have another rules commission was made before President Reagan's mandate of November," the body's mission has been altered by the humiliating defeat. "When you've just taken a shellacking, you tend towards soul searching," says Orren, who worked as a pollster for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) last year...