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Loss of faith in that national dream could threaten the ruling junta, which had rallied unprecedented public support in the wake of Argentina's April 2 invasion of the Falklands. But there were some signs last week that the junta may be looking ahead to a time when it might have to loosen its control on the government to stay in power. Brigadier General Basilio Lami Dozo, the commander of the air force and one of the three members of the junta, spoke vaguely of the need for the "participation by all sectors" in the government in the future...
...easy to understand the pressures on Harvard to go back on various policies--shrinking federal aid, a tight economy, and faculty salaries that threaten to become uncompetitive are all forcing the University to tighten its belt. It is thus especially critical that alumni--the only people whom Harvard inevitably listens to, and indeed, fears--show the University that certain policies must be beyond compromise. If the Fogg debacle proved anything, it is the very power alumni can wield...
Sherwin: Yes, it has a meaning, and the meaning is tied to the point that I was making--it's called nuclear diplomacy, atomic diplomacy, or nuclear blackmail, that sort of thing. The fear is that the side with more, with a superiority, will be willing to threaten more. It's a vague, general perception that has specificity, that is in a sense contrary to theory and in a sense beyond the bounds of history....It's a problem in cultural anthropology, and we don't want the Soviets to be superior...
...school has also lost such projects as the 10 year old American Indian program, which offered classes in Indian affairs and gave assistance to native Indian students. The program stopped receiving funding last year. Such cuts "lessen the vitality and diversity" of the school, but they do not threaten its survival, says Blenda Wilson, director of finances at the Ed School...
Iran's victories over Iraq threaten the moderate Arabs