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...most valid criticism of Mitterrand's nationalization plan is that it alienates the business community while assuring no real economic or job-sustaining benefits. With surprising candor, Finance Minister Jacques Delors admits that all the new economic measures will not significantly lower unemployment in the short run and will spur the country's growth rate by only .5% this year...
...have submitted the case to a jury to decide whether the Weimar museum had really proved its contention that the Dürers were stolen. He also maintains that he bought the paintings in good faith and that no one could prove that the seller had not somehow acquired valid title to them in Germany. Therefore, he contends, the German law of "good faith acquisition" should protect his ownership. Says he: "We'll go all the way to the Supreme Court for vindication...
...that the Argentine publisher was treated more brutally because he is Jewish. "There is no doubt that there are many anti-Semitic trends in Argentina, but not in the Nazi sense," he says. Kissinger agrees with the Reagan Administration that the distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian governments is a valid one, adding, "but that doesn't mean we shouldn't oppose violation of human rights in either place...
...Lieut. Christopher Cooke had little to do but wait for a day the world hopes will never come: when he and his superior would each turn two keys, one to open a box containing codes that would tell them whether higher orders to fire the doomsday weapon were valid, the other to trigger the missile's flight. Standing 24-hr, watches about twice a week in a silo 65 ft. below the Kansas crop lands, the officer led a life of unrelieved tedium. One day he thought of something else...
...breaks that standard they won't discuss." She adds of many department members, who initiate the tenure process with their deliberations. "They argue that academic excellence is the only criterion for tenure. Things like role models and general contributions to the intellectual community are not what they see as valid." Randolph notes that though "we like to think service to the community is important... it's not going to have any importance when it comes to tenure. There is something unfair about this system...