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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students often to irrelevant or impartial bodies. (In the current COI case, complaints against Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 were referred to Steiner himself.) Moreover, we feel that the majority's proposal for a new committee reduces the legitimacy of charges that the COI is useless. The abolition of the COI would be a positive step for the rights of all members of this community. The establishment of a body as "illegitimate" as the CRR would...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Abolish the COI | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...Australian satellite, the shield snagged on AUSSAT's antenna and stuck. Although the astronauts managed to nudge the sunshield completely open with Discovery's 50-ft. robot arm, NASA decided it was too risky to close the screen again; if it could not be reopened, the satellite would be useless in orbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: A Hot-Wiring Job in Orbit | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...bellicose outcries are not meant seriously, then they are all the more inappropriate. Why flex muscles needlessly? Why stage noisy shows and transfer the methods of domestic political struggles to the relations between two nuclear powers? In them the language of strength is useless and dangerous. There is still time before the summit meeting, and quite a lot can be done for it to be constructive and useful. But this, as you will understand, depends on both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...addition, he questioned the study conducted by Cambridge. "They do not consider ADL's committment to use significantly smaller amounts of the chemicals than the studies hypothesized Thus, the studies are virtually useless in assessing even the worst case accident scenarios."CrimsonDaniel B. WroblewskiEntrance to Arthor D. Little headquarter...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Mass. Court Upholds City Nerve Gas Ban | 8/2/1985 | See Source »

...PRESIDENT, representing national rather than regional interests, can sayno, Unfortunately, the executive now has little ability to control the necessary but ever-increasing battles over funding, except by total veto, a time-consuming and useless measure that avoids the core of the problem...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Getting to No You | 7/26/1985 | See Source »

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