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This time, as then, the Egyptians indicated that they might want a say-so on the disposition of the U.N. force. This time also the Soviet Union was threatening to withhold funds later if it disagrees with the operations of the U.N. troops; the Chinese will ante up nothing at all. And Soviet Ambassador to the U.N. Yakov Malik was continuing to try to bring the emergency force under the control of the Security Council, where Russia has a veto, rather than under Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. The U.S. opposes Malik's demand...
...Crimson welcomes any correspondence from its readers, and attempts to publish the letters that it receives, space permitting. The Crimson does not publish anonymous letters, although under certain circumstances it will withhold the name of a correspondent at that person's request. Any letters purporting to represent the views of an undergraduate or other organization must bear the names of at least two officers of that organization, who can be contacted in advance to vouch for the validity of the communication...
Burr dealt with the indictment by leaving town. There followed his premature adventures in empire building and manifest destiny in the Southwest. These eventually led to a charge of treason brought by President Jefferson, a trial that saw Jefferson invoke Executive privilege to withhold documents. The far-reaching effect of Burr's eventual acquittal was to help define what constitutes a treasonable...
...necessary for this social order--as John Kenneth Galbraith has observed--to withhold from its students many forms of Free Expression. The greater numbers have already handed in their most important forms of liberty long years before: those forms that have to do with hopes and wants, wishes and dreams, ethics and aspirations...
...most controversial question before the House, however, is whether to penalize the states that refuse to develop plans or put them into effect. If Jackson had his way, the Government each year would withhold from recalcitrant states an increasing percentage of their annual federal funds for highways, airports and land-and water-conservation programs. The Senate did not include those penalties in its bill, and the House's decision on them is much in doubt. To proponents, including the Administration, the penalties are absolutely necessary to prod the states to action. To opponents, the penalties represent an unnecessary...