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...Mitterrand government, so far at least, refuses to name them. But in the arena of French politics, the prosecution of Laurent Fabius and Francois Mitterrand may have just begun. At week's end DGSE Director Imbot issued an ominous warning: "There has been a plot to destabilize and destroy the intelligence services. I have now sealed off those services. From now on, anything you hear in the press does not come from intelligence agents." That suggested, as both Fabius and Hernu have hinted before, that the DGSE operation ordered against Greenpeace might have been sabotaged by anti-Socialist elements within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France a Scandal That Refuses to Die | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...After the change, people just won't drink in big bunches, and there's already no togetherness spirit. Now, we'll just have isolated room parties," said Tony Pruthi '86. "This policy will separate classes and destroy house unity...

Author: By Victoria G.t.bassetti and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: College Faces Drinking Limits | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

...faulty transmission cable, about one week after it popped perfectly out of the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery on Aug. 29. Two other satellites, one owned by GTE, the other by a European consortium, were lost on Sept. 12 when the European Space Agency had to destroy the misfired Ariane rocket that carried them. The mishaps brought to $600 million the total cost to insurers of the seven satellites lost in the past two years. As a result, some insurers said they will limit their coverage of satellites, while others may get out of the space business altogether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Insurance: Taking a Bath in Space | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

However long the process takes and however peacefully or violently it develops, blacks in South Africa are bound to achieve equality and destroy the apartheid system. When that time comes, it is important that they be prepared to take full advantage of their opportunity for self-determination. Critical needs will exist for able men and women with advanced training. As a result, Harvard and other American universities have a chance to make a long-term contribution by helping to compensate for the lack of educational opportunities available to blacks under the apartheid regime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bok Letter Sweeps South Africa Issue | 9/20/1985 | See Source »

...that better than I do, nobody. I've gone through it, my people and I, as a result of the British-proposed sanctions at the United Nations (against Rhodesia in the 1960s). But an explosion is about to take place in South Africa, and when it does, it will destroy everything in its wake. So whether there is an explosion or whether there are sanctions, we are involved. As a matter of both principle and self-interest, we want to do everything possible to avert that explosion. Final arrangements can only be determined by the South Africans themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting for an Explosion | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

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