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...unions against the General Electric Company. The outcome of this strike is crucial in deciding the course of the American economy in the next few years. A victory for General Electric would mean that workers' real wages would continue to decline, and would lead to a widespread attempt to weaken unions...
...conflict that is never far from flash point. Arab leaders, blaming Israeli negligence for the damage to Islam's third most sacred shrine, called for jihad-holy war. Prime Minister Golda Meir's Cabinet met in emergency session amid deep concern that the fire might weaken Israeli rule in the holy city. Last week the man who confessed to setting the mosque ablaze, a 28-year-old Christian named Denis Michael Rohan, was judged insane and committed by an Israeli court to a mental hospital. Rohan, an Australian sheep shearer who was visiting Israel as a tourist, testified...
...Department sponsorship. "It is the function of the University-and especially of its social scientists-," Kelman argued, "to engage in independent critical analysis of the society, including the role of the military within that society. There is some concern that commitments on the order of the Cambridge Project would weaken the University's capacity for such independent analysis...
Since Navy lacks rebounding strength and has good shooting guards-6' Jack Conrad and 6' 3" Richard Buff, it runs a shuffle offense that involves numerous picks to free backcourt men for jump shots. If Harvard anticipates these screens and picks, it should be able to weaken the Midshipmen's scoring threats...
Credit controls, the President complained in a rebuke to Congress, "would take the nation a long step toward a directly controlled economy and would weaken the will for needed fiscal and financial discipline." That admonition is unlikely to quiet the cry for credit restrictions unless the Federal Reserve soon begins to ease its monetary squeeze. Despite the Reserve Board's good intentions, the Government's money policy simply does not distribute the supply of borrowable money equitably...