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...same token, students should not have to endanger their academic careers in order to express their moral disgust or to avoid a professor who has proven he has the potential to abuse his authority...
...harshness of the first Soviet retaliation came as a surprise to British officials, who had expected only token reprisals. Last week in London, the Foreign Office summoned Soviet Charge d'Affaires Lev Parshin, denounced the expulsions as "an unwarranted victimization of innocent people" and demanded the departure of six more Soviets. After Moscow matched the new expulsions man for man, Thatcher said that Britain would make "no further response." The British expulsions, she asserted, had "eliminated the core of the subversives." Declared Thatcher: "This shows the Soviet Union in a pretty poor light. They were caught red-handed...
...enough for Rourke to sound like a Rambo who forgot to put the airpump to his navel; he has to dress up in his Vietnam fatigues, too. Our token Italian don in Dragon doesn't just get announced as the Italian, he has to put a voice box to his punctured throat to rasp out his tough words. What's this supposed to mean? Marlon Brando, eat your heart...
...armed services who actually fingers a nuclear trigger: a single squeeze would change the world forever. Farmer, for one, has thought through endless contingencies, including the nightmare of losing contact with Washington during a presumed attack. Says he: "I would not launch without authorization, period." By the same token, he does not flinch from the thought of carrying out his doomsday role. Says he: "If a captain is not prepared to execute, there is no deterrence...
However these changes can only come about in a governing board of college athletics that has strong presidential leadership. College and university presidents are not necessarily wiser than anyone else, but they are the final barrier. Unless they continue to take a strong stand, these first token measures will quickly lose their value. The table is finally set for some real reforms...