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...Saturday night, November 8th, a group of women and their supporters will march to "take back the night". This effort is an expression of women's anger at the rape and other forms of violence which daily threaten their lives. Every woman is a victim of rape, because every woman must structure her life so as to avoid it. The powerlessness which women feel when walking alone at night reflects the powerlessness which women experience in every aspect of our society...
Backers like the Citizens for Limited Taxation consider a proposal as bald-faced as Proposition 2 1/2 (Question 2 on the ballot) just about the only way to goad a legislature that has so long resisted change. If cities threaten a total loss of municipal services or bankruptcy, the state would have to step in, they argue. No matter how many city officials decry the plan, however, there is no guarantee the state will come up with a new, progressive tax system. The legislature would have to act on Proposition 2 1/2 before it could become law, and it could...
...from the nuclear precipice. Now, for the first time, we are being advised to take steps that may move us toward it." The next day, he explained by sardonically describing Reagan's arms-control policy: "First, throw the existing nuclear-arms limitation treaty [SALT ] in the wastebasket. Second, threaten the Soviet Union with a nuclear-arms race. Third, launch a quest for so-called nuclear superiority." Though it was Carter who requested that the Senate delay consideration of SALT II after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, he now describes the pact as his "secret weapon" to reduce the Soviet nuclear...
...thinks he should be given more credit for his handling of the crises in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and Poland. But she is an exception. Most NATO leaders still consider Carter naive and inconsistent. On the other hand, they fear that Reagan's opposition to SALT II could threaten détente and start a new cold war-with them in the middle. Even in France, which traditionally prefers Republican Presidents because, in French eyes, their foreign policy seems more disciplined, the G.O.P. contender is known as "Ronnie-le-cowboy...
Using the controversial preliminary report on Harvard admissions commissioned by President Bok as a springboard, more than 200 students rallied in the Yard Tuesday, unexpectedly marching through University Hall and gathering in front of Massachusetts Hall, where they heard protest leaders threaten to occupy the building unless Bok agrees soon to a set of eight demands...