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...this time of economic insecurity, the University is certainly in no position to weaken its financial base. But it has already recognized that the base of contributions must be widened. This is precisely the time to appeal to alumnae/I for funds, not on the basis of class identity, but on the basis of loyalty to the college or, if necessary, to an academic or institutional subset thereof. In his Letter to the Faculty. Dean Rosovsky bemoans the fact that the diversity of the students body, the size of the University, and its location in an urban environment have a "fragmenting...
...Administration fears that last week's setbacks will weaken future U.S. diplomatic efforts. China, which Ford plans to visit this fall, appears to be growing somewhat skeptical of American power and resolve; when Kissinger privately asked the Chinese for assistance in getting Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk to help negotiate an end to the war in Cambodia, the Chinese did not even reply. On the other hand, the Soviets appear eager to move ahead with detente and nuclear-arms negotiations. Ford plans to hold a summit in Washington with Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev this summer...
...Jordan. The Soviets will automatically go along with such a resolution, but Washington cannot. Kissinger's stated position has long been that the U.S. will not talk to Arafat or the P.L.O. until the Palestinian guerrilla groups end terrorist acts and demonstrate responsibility. That attitude is likely to weaken U.S. relations with moderate Arabs at Geneva, and will generate added recriminations against Israel for getting Washington into such...
...eroding confidence in the dollar. In large part because interest rates in the U.S. are lower than in Europe the dollar lately has been depressed on world markets, and it remains undervalued. Observed Salomon Bros' Henry Kaufman, a leading Wall Street economist: "If the dollar continues to weaken, we may be forced to reintroduce currency restrictions such as the Interest Equalization Tax, or perhaps some other measures...
...changes made regarding the "fourth vow" of special loyalty to the Pope, which some Jesuits take in addition to the three usual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. His reasoning: to extend the elitist vow to all Jesuit priests (fewer than 50% are now allowed to take it) would weaken it as a commitment. Undaunted, the Congregation, by more than a two-thirds majority, agreed in a preliminary vote to extend the vow to all Jesuit priests (TIME, Feb 10). The Pope responded militantly. In a letter to Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe, he not only vetoed the fourth...