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...than the diplomatic recognition we extend to the Soviet Union. However, there is a considerable difference. The Roman Catholic Church has 50 million adherents in the U.S. In certain international situations, the Ambassador from the Vatican could make demands sub rosa on the President. What other diplomatic representative could threaten to invoke the support of 50 million Americans...
...with a $6.5 billion "jumbo" loan. But the U.S. Commerce Department had earlier added to Brazil's burden by ruling that steel exports to the U.S., which totaled $1.3 billion last year, were unfairly subsidized and thus subject to penalty duties. Further economic blows of that kind could threaten the country's long and gradual "opening" to full civilian rule, and complicate what is essentially a long and stable friendship between Brasilia and Washington. Predicts a Brazilian banker: "Late 1984 could be a crucial period for U.S.-Brazilian relations." Before ending his trip with a brief courtesy visit...
Formidable challenges will continue to awai: Shattuck in his new role. In recent years, Harvard has found itself part of a growing opposition to many government policies on higher education, while cutbacks in federally funded financial aid for students and research threaten universities livelihood and autonomy...
...scattered across the country, about half in urban poverty and the other half on desolate reservations in the scrawniest parts of several Western states. Basically forgotten by the general public, the Indians have suffered the ravages of hard times economically and deep federal budget cuts in aid, which together threaten what hope they might have left for self-sufficiency and a decent kind of life...
...neighborhood's stable population--many of its residents are second or third generation Easties--has led to its reputation as one of the most cohesive in the city. Recently stepped-up plans for redevelopment, however, may threaten the traditional stability of the region bounded by the Charles River on the East and Somerville to the northwest...