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...Brenda A. Russell's recent editorial on the Emeka Ezera trial, she begins with the sentence, "It could have been a coutroom parody and people would have laughed to see such ignorance." From Emeka Ezera's viewpoint, "The trial was a rude awakening to the blatant racism inherent in the American judicial system." Yet after reading the evidence concerning the case, I am still puzzled by these two observations...
...general strike and accompanying demonstrations represented the first time that Afghan civilians had joined the armed rebels in standing up to the Soviets. From Moscow's viewpoint, it was thus an ominous warning that the resistance could develop into a general uprising throughout the country. Moreover, the civilian protests accompanied other intelligence reports that Karmal's dissension-racked puppet regime was on the verge of collapse. Overall, the Soviets appeared to be up against a dismal strategic reality: to suppress both the insurgency and civil disobedience, they might have to remain in the country far longer than they...
From Bush's viewpoint, Florida is too close to call because Reagan has "a lot of support from die-hard conservatives who live there," Butler says. Connally's Malone thinks that Bush will wilt in the South: unlike Carter four years ago (the campaign to which Bush's is most often compared), the transplanted Easterner is not moving into his area of strength after New England...
...vastly more coverage than the support. It is the sort of journalism which I would expect from William Loeb in my home state of New Hampshire, but from Harvard I look for more. How about giving someone who favors the appointment a column or two to present that viewpoint to your readers...
...involvement in development programs around the world. Harberger's involvement in policy making in the repressive military junta of Chile, compromising as it is to the future of HIID, is not the only objection to his appointment. Harberger's participation in Chilean economic decisions is indicative of a viewpoint which ignores considerations of social costs in purporting to analyze the benefits and costs of economic measures. In Harberger's own words, quoted in the New York Times...