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...singer with the British pop group Pickettywitch, she even had a hit record to her credit. But three years ago, Rossall began exhibiting extreme sensitivity to virtually all man-made materials. Perfume, synthetic fibers, plastics and processed foods caused her to swell up and vomit. Forced to withdraw to a darkened, air-filtered room in Bristol, Rossall dropped down to 88 Ibs. and became too weak even to lift her head. She seemed fatally allergic to the 20th century...
...recent rumblings of retreat--combined with its willingness to abstain on South-Africa-related shareholder resolutions because of petty qualms about language and feasibility--reflect a larger, even more disturbing trend. Apparently, the Corporation is attempting to seize the opportunity afforded by a lull in student activism to withdraw the sole concessions it made under fire in 1978, when more than 3000 students took to the streets to demand divestiture...
...against Libya's "aggression" in Chad. Many West and Central African leaders fear it is only the first step toward a consummation of Gadaffi's long-range ambition to establish an Islamic sub-Saharan republic stretching from Senegal to the Sudan. Despite diplomatic pressures on Gadaffi to withdraw his troops, however, the Libyan presence in Chad is growing. Last week Nairobi Bureau Chief Jack White traveled to Chad by crossing the Chari River in a dugout canoe and reached the war-ravaged capital of N'Djamena. His report...
...withdrew their representatives when the fighting broke out last year, reopen their embassies as soon as possible. But many countries appear reluctant to do so because they do not wish to give even tacit approval to a Gadaffi takeover. The Organization of African Unity has called on Libya to withdraw its troops so that an agreement worked out in 1979, calling for fresh elections supervised by a pan-African peacekeeping force, can be carried...
...South House decides to withdraw its nominees, it will join Adams House and the Freshman Council--which also voted to nominate representatives to the CRR this fall--in reversing its decision. Following in the footsteps of several past Freshman Councils, members of the Class of '84 changed their minds about the CRR after talking with upperclassmen...