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Even Gov. Edward J. King, who at one point threatened to ignore the convention, who pursued it only when it appeared that his absence might threaten his spot on September's ballot, and who criticized the whole affair as divisive and unrepresentative of the party, took a brief turn on the floor to greet what few supporters were there. His one moment in the spotlight, in fact, was a press conference, which he spent complaining about the convention officials who would not allow him to make a speech...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Conventional Wisdom | 5/26/1982 | See Source »

...Harvard men's volleyball team recently completed the best season in its short history, but the high level of play brings novel problems that threaten the program's continued success. The spikers' goals furthered by their great success now conflict with the limits of time and budget faced by minor Crimson sports...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Are They Too Good? | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...length, an Argentina humiliated by the outcome of the Falklands crisis could be dangerously destabilizing to the region. Buenos Aires has not signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and operates a reactor capable of making weapons-grade plutonium. Question: Would a vengeful regime build the Bomb? Would it threaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stormy Times for the U.S. | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...ideals that attracted us to Harvard in the first place, we concluded that we could not in good conscience write the usual type of "class report"--particularly today, when as in the era in which we first came to Harvard, anti-human forces on a national scale threaten not only civil liberties and justice but life itself...

Author: By Chester W. Hartman and Michael D. Tanzer, S | Title: In Pursuit of Veritas | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...Tiran, two moves designed to provoke Israel. Israel demurred for three weeks before launching the pre-emptive strike which marked the beginning of the Six Day War. For the third time, Israel prevailed in the Sinai. Since its first two withdrawals had opened an avenue for Nasser to threaten Israeli security. Israel decided to hold onto the Sinai as a bargaining chip for peace...

Author: By Lawrance S. Grufstein, | Title: The Art of the Possibilist | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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