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...A.J.A. is hardly a terrorist organization, and the Israeli government has never classified it as such. Still, Ettinger and other officials see the cards as part of an attempt by the leaders of the uprising to adopt the trappings of an independent state. Foreign journalists counter that the cards have no political meaning and that they carry them only because their Israeli credentials are no longer credible. "Given the dangers my staff faces," says Reuters chief correspondent Paul Taylor, "I owe it to them to do what I can for their security...
Although BU has not yet decided to adopt the plan, the school's vice president of public affairs, Thomas D. Cashman, said he thought it would be a great way to generate money...
...only five minutes before the scheduled start of an 11-day recess, Metzenbaum succeeded in wresting concessions that allowed senators to adopt the bill, 91-8, and leave town until...
...agreement specified ways that profits could be taken out of the Soviet Union in hard currency and not just held in worthless rubles, joint ventures still face enormous difficulties. Ford Motor Co. pulled out of the consortium because, a spokesman said, it was unable to persuade "the Soviets to adopt new and innovative financial arrangements...
...point is that The Crimson didn't adopt its new pro-SDS line because of a duty to tell the truth regardless of fear of favor. It did so because a majority of the editors of the Crimson were incurable intellectual conformists, shifting with amazing sensitivity with what they sensed as the dominant currents...