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Inman said the major threat to the future of the United States will be whether it can curb "leaks from industrial research. He added that a similar dialogue between business and the government is necessary...
...jovial feelings were shattered as I stepped up on the curb in front of Out of Town News, "Square Deal! Free Square coupons!" said one of the masses that flocked like vultures around me. "Two for one drinks!" another pitched in. "Wheelchair basketball," said a third. I had reverted back--back to my old self and I swore, right there, that I would never return, to the other side of the leaflet...
...open meeting and the ACSR's coming evaluation of nuclear-related companies in the endowment reflect the country's growing concern over the rapid nuclear arms buildup. In the past, both the Corporation and the student-faculty-alumni ACSR voted against largely symbolic shareholder resolutions asking companies to curb their nuclear weapons work. They argued that nuclear arms policy was the province of the government, not the private sector. Last year, however, the ACSR approved several similar resolutions concerning GE, Du Pont, and AT&T, and the Corporation, not wanting to abruptly renege on past policy, abstained on strong messages...
...Thatcher is expected to call a general election by next fall, and Foot's warning did not go unheeded. After hours of impassioned speeches by partisans of left, right and center, the 1,229 delegates voted by an unexpectedly large ratio of more than 3 to 1 to curb the rapidly rising power of Labor's militant far-left fringe...
...President Reagan and Gerald Ford, is spending about $7.5 million on his election effort. This is about the same as Bradley's budget, but the Republican needs to compensate for his late-starting campaign: he unwisely stayed off the campaign trail all summer after defeating Lieutenant Governor Mike Curb in the June primary. One imponderable is whether California, which is still largely conservative on race, will be willing to elect a black Governor. The betting is that Bradley's steady performance during his nine years as mayor of Los Angeles has largely put such racial considerations to rest...