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...LAST TWO ARGUMENTS--that taking moral stands might threaten Harvard's freedom from outside interference and endanger its financial base--are too vaguely presented in the letter to have much punch. Who is it that would interfere? Why would they do so? Just what are the financial costs of the moral positions Bok is so reluctant to adopt...
...their gains and losses, only to find that, as in a World War I battle, hardly any real estate had changed hands. All three were almost exactly where they had been on Feb. 1. ABC's position is so strong that the competition can huff and puff and threaten to blow its house down with expensive movies and miniseries, but for the foreseeable future it is likely to stay where...
...principal issue before the University "is whether we should go further and use the University as a means of expressing moral disapproval or as a weapon in our fight against injustice even if we threaten to injure the academic functions of the institution," Bok's statement reads...
More ominous, they could also threaten Peking's sense of security by moving along the 4,500-mile Soviet-Chinese border, which is bristling with 44 divisions of the Red Army. Soviet troops could strike into the frozen, inhospitable terrain of Sinkiang, but a more likely target is Manchuria, China's industrial heartland. Analysts hopefully discount an air attack on China's nuclear faculty at Lop Nor as a "doomsday" option, one perhaps favored by Moscow's military brass, but not by the Politburo...
...invasion, with arms as well as political muscle, to reassure Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanand of Thailand two weeks ago. Carter should hold new consultations on the treaty with the NATO nations, who have been complaining that SALT II fails to limit Moscow's Eurostrategic forces," intermediate-range missiles which threaten Western Europe. We should guarantee that we possess sufficient cruise missile capability to defend Europe against aggression. Moreover, we should also point out that SALT II will lessen the chances of a U.S.-Soviet nuclear exchange, which inevitably would drag in Western Europe...