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...uproar was over the Administration's decision to build the so-called neutron bomb, which is designed to kill as many people as a regular hydrogen bomb ten times its size, and yet cause less damage to nearby buildings (see diagram). U.S. military planners say that small neutron warheads installed on howitzer shells or Lance missiles, which have ranges of 20 and 70 miles, respectively, are the best way to deter or counter the most feared conventional attack by Soviet forces: a massive tank assault across Central Europe. (Warsaw Pact countries have 44,000 tanks compared with NATO...
...uproar in Munich over undress in a public place...
...uproar, Harish finally retracted the word lying but continued to charge that Begin had not told the full truth about Israel's agreement with the Christians...
...editors are chosen on the basis of grades, the other third through a writing competition. Last spring, according to outgoing editor-in-chief Marcie Horowitz, the review editors decided they wanted to start an affirmative action program, and sent a letter to students and faculty. "There was a great uproar," Horowitz says minority student groups indicated they opposed the idea, and the faculty kept silent. "It was a pretty negative reception, so we decided to give it up," Horowitz says. "The topic will probably come up again, but our experience certainly wasn't encouraging," she adds. The review currently...
...proposal passed the Faculty 182-65, and student uproar, for the most part, died down. Now, as the end of the Core's second year, members of the University community accept the Core as a 'way of education.' Core administrators express optimism about their project, but, more significantly. Faculty and students seem increasingly enthusiastic about both teaching and studying in Harvard's educational experiment. At least to some extent, all three groups defend the Core, and say its critics --and the Crimson's 1978 predictions--were wrong...