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...Soviets appear stalled (see THE WORLD). His one breakthrough has been the Panama Canal treaty, but conservative opposition to it has been building. Hoping to counter some of the setbacks, the White House announced last week that Carter will leave in late November for an eleven-day whirlwind tour of Venezuela, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Iran, France, Poland and Belgium. Overseas trips are a familiar respite for a President in trouble at home. Little of substance can be accomplished on such a fast trip beyond mending a few fences and providing Americans with the spectacle of a President being welcomed...
...first notable victim of the exile policy was Balladeer-Poet Wolf Biermann, 40, who was refused permission to re-enter East Germany last November after a tour in the West. Government officials, who charged Biermann with "defamation" of East Germany abroad, had evidently been stung by some of the jabbing questions raised in his irony-laden songs. The government's action provoked an unprecedented storm of protest, led by twelve prominent East German writers and artists. Many of those who signed the petition for Biermann's readmission were either coerced into withdrawing their names or fired from their...
...speaker is Israel Shahak, a professor of organic Chemistry at Hebrew University and Chairperson of the Israeli League for Human Rights. Since 1967, Shahak has become one of the Israeli government's most outspoken critics. Shahak is currently in the United States on a speaking tour that included a speech at MIT and a discussion session last week at Harvard. He says he has come to the United States to present a case for human rights--a salient issue these days...
Even if Shahal is a demagogue, his speech-making is only an accompaniment to his actions. After his lecture tour ends in mid-October, Shahak will return to his teaching and the peace movement in Israel. He says he believes that very little can be accomplished outside one's own country. He illustrates his point by noting that the Soviet Union expels its dissidents...
...limited to tour the number of Houses serving full hot breakfasts, beginning this semester. He said the move would save about $100,000 per year and would allow the College to open the Freshman Union for meals on weekends without increasing board fees...