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Nina I. Madden, assistant head tutor of Psychology and Social Relations, said the requirements for the new "minor" will be slightly more demanding than those for the standard concentration. Although the newly-created curriculum will cross departmental lines, it will remain under the umbrella of Psychology and Social Relations...
...sign the document, which outlined a platform and a nominating procedure in case of Marcos' sudden demise. Kalaw, leader of one wing of the Liberal Party (Salonga heads the other wing), objected to the "undemocratic process" by which the presidential nominees would be chosen. Laurel, president of the opposition umbrella group UNIDO (United Nationalist Democratic Organization), disagreed with a clause demanding the removal of U.S. military bases from the country in the absence of a plebiscite on the issue...
Charles B. Saunders, vice-president of the American Council on Education, an umbrella organization which lobbies for member colleges and universities, said Congress will probably be more receptive to the Reagan proposals than it was two years ago when it rejected all of the proposed 50 percent reductions in student...
...sacred and solemn, geologic, polished smooth by the millennia like the bed of a glacier." As deftly translated by Raymond Rosenthal, the oddities of speech are a delight. So is the "inexplicable imprecation" for which Levi's great-grandfather was famous: "May he have an accident shaped like an umbrella...
Reagan called that goal a vision. His critics called it a mirage. Physicists have questioned whether Reagan's ray guns would ever work adequately; even a relatively small "leakage" through the defensive umbrella would rain down horrendous destruction. Military specialists have pointed out that there is a variety of ways the Soviets could slip weapons through even the most sophisticated, multilayered space-based defenses. Economists and politicians are aghast at the eventual total cost (some estimates range from $500 billion to a cool trillion...