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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though Carter has shown prudence in pursuing a peaceful settlement of this crisis, he has erred in repeatedly threatening military intervention. One threat is enough. Repeated threats only serve to produce counter threats, and to limit U.S. options, perhaps forcing military action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blowing Off Steam | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

...Cambridge ordinance designed to limit institutional expansion will probably control both the use and density of institution-owned buildings, a city planner said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Institutional Expansion Law to Limit Density, Use | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

Since the intent of any new red line will be to limit University expansion, and since that process vitally concerns the surrounding neighborhoods, it is imperative that the University involve city officials and residents before and not after a decision is reached...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stay Within Bounds | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

...Bank last week, Begin seemed strangely impervious to his coalition's defeat in the Knesset over an amendment to the country's abortion law. Agudat Israel, an orthodox religious party, had joined the Begin bloc in exchange for the Premier's support of its campaign to limit abortions. A motion to tighten the country's laws on the matter was defeated in a tie vote, 54-54, when four members of Begin's own Likud Party voted against it. Agudat Israel huffed that its four Knesset members might desert the coalition, thus leaving Begin with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Misquoted on a Massacre | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...groups test only a handful of applicants in New York. They argue that spending an estimated $25,000 to prepare a new test each time 300 people take the exam would require a cost to the student of $80 or more. Insisting that "there is a definite limit to the number of high quality questions that can be generated," the Association of American Medical Colleges, which tests about 5,000 New York medical school applicants annually, has brought suit challenging the constitutionality of New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Getting Testy | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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