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Golon said that if a hearing is held over the summer, he will probably rely on taped statements from eyewitnesses who are unable to attend. But he said this method could significantly weaken the case...
Students said they were also concerned aboutamendments that might weaken the Verba report...
...past decade Marxist history has lost its sway as many French intellectuals grew disillusioned with East bloc totalitarianism. A revisionist school, influenced by nonpartisan British and American scholars, presents a more complex picture of the revolution: nobles seeking to weaken royal power played a driving role in the rebellion, for example; few peasants suffered under a feudal yoke. In the U.S. a much heralded new work by Harvard University's Simon Schama, called Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, depicts the ancien regime in a positive light -- not too differently from France's current best seller La Revolution...
...Supreme Court this week hears a case that could weaken or reverse its controversial Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. That prospect has jolted pro-choice forces into action. Meanwhile, Operation Rescue has become the spearhead of the militant pro-life movement. Garry Wills describes the new antiabortion shock troops and their leader, Randall Terry...
Navy ROTC's Acting Executive Officer, Lt.Walter S. Josephson, said Navy's return to Harvardwould provide greater convenience for Harvardstudents, but would weaken the numerical strengthof the Navy ROTC unit...