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Mugabe has also come under attack for importing 106 North Korean military advisers to train a special 5,000-man Zimbabwean brigade to use North Korean-supplied tanks, light armored vehicles and small arms. Mugabe has threatened to order the brigade to crack down on government opponents. He has also talked of the possibility of holding a national referendum to approve the establishment of a one-party state. Fearing interference in Zimbabwe's affairs from abroad, particularly the Soviet Union, Mugabe moved on Oct. 17 to limit the number of foreigners in each embassy to 20, thus forcing...
Nicholas, however, said he told Epps after the dean denied him the permit that alcohol is often served to non-residents at parties thrown by other Houses. Nicholas said Epps replied that "he was going to crack down" on violating Houses...
Like Somoza, the Sandinistas crack down on a dissenting daily...
Eager as the council is to crack down on excessive outside work--as it should, in the interests of students who pay $10,000 to see top professors in action--its members realize they can not empower officials to pry into professors' personal schedules. That realization poses a dilemma, though. As several professors have noted, the very handful of people the new guidelines are aimed at are the ones least likely to disclose the full extent of their outside involvement...
That note included no new regulations, but several masters said they interpreted it as advice to crack down on drinking at parties. Though Epps said he is aware of only one violation of regulations forbidding liquor at parties which students from outside the College attend, some House officials said they believe violations are more frequent...