Word: tion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Drawing on the Faculty's experience in the late 60s. Rosovsky cites an example: "We pass a mo- tion that it is evil to bomb Cambodia. I vote against that. What does it mean? It means that I have a different view. That consensus doesn't really mean anything...
Rosovsky, in an interview yesterday, said that Harvard's financial aid office has increased efforts in the last year to let students better know their aid opportunities. In addi- tion. I. Pred Jewett '57, does of admission and financial aid, said that the last several months has brought "much more helped publicity" about student aid possibilities...
...Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party and the Phalangist-dominated Christian militias known as the Lebanese Forces. Before the latest incident, the government of President Amin Gemayel asked the U.S. to help maintain order by doubling the size of its 1,200-man Marine contingent in .,. Lebanon. The Administra-|tion said it would consider doing so only after the with-Ejdrawal of foreign armies i from Lebanon had begun...
...many Mexicans, the govern ment's drastic prescriptions seemed near ly as bad as the disease: the imposition of strict currency controls, an effective freeze on most dollar accounts, sharp price hikes and the second peso devalua tion in six months. Most was Silva Herzog's admission that Mexico was unable to meet current payments on its huge $80 billion foreign debt, among the highest in the Third World. The statement raised the specter of a possible default that would have a domino effect on the international banking system. No one was more concerned than U.S. bankers...
Cytomegalovirus (CMV), another type of herpes, infects up to 80% of the U.S. popula tion, and nearly 100% of male homosexuals. Though not usually a problem for adults, CMV can be deadly to cancer patients and others whose immune systems have been suppressed by drugs. It also causes a wide range of birth defects and is the most common cause of infectious retardation in infants. Epstein-Barr virus is the herpes associated with mononucleosis. More tragically, it is believed to contribute to Burkitt's lymphoma, a cancer that mainly strikes Africans...