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Those who consider Reagan's measured policy wise could offer several plausible defenses. One was that even concerted action by the allies would probably not persuade Warsaw or Moscow to lift martial law, at least for the moment. Another argument was that some gesture had to be made: mere silence would be perceived as acquiescence to an atrocity. More than that, it remained possible that Moscow would see the sanctions as only a first step, which might give the Soviets pause for restraint. Said one senior U.S. diplomat: "If we had come down like a ton of bricks...
...sharp policy reversal, President Reagan yesterday ordered an indefinite extension of the draft registration program, which he criticized as a candidate and called "not helpful at all, national security-wise" shortly after taking office...
...thoroughly searched. Inside the handsome government offices with beautifully crafted wooden Arabic arches, television crews set up their equipment on priceless rugs. Then a top Gaddafi aide, sporting a natty pinstripe suit under immaculate Arab robes, announced that the interview had been canceled. The presumed reason: the media-wise Gaddafi, who appeared, briefly, wearing a European-cut suit with a British overcoat flung over his shoulders, realized that the crisis in Poland had pushed him off the front pages and evening news broadcasts in Europe and America...
Such an individualistic response may not be wise in the face of massive national problems, but it has been an antidote to bad times since Italy became a nation. Italians, who seem to have an expression for just about everything, have coined an especially apt one to describe the way life goes on while institutions flounder: malgrado, meaning in spite...
Though reinstatement for the Ivy League is unlikely, because the schools which voted the schools out would have to vote them back in, the NCAA Division 1-A would be wise to return them to the game's top rank. Student-athletes everywhere deserve better than to see the abandonment of the tradition of sports as a supplement to education--not a substitute...