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Those who have an economic state in the exploration of resources have always been a powerful force to back, and it seems unlikely that industries that need wood and plant products will suddenly halt or slow their encroachment on tropical forests. But economic and scientific interests will, in the long run, be best served if existing ecology political action groups add one more item to their agendas
Tufts University President Jean Mayer has written a counterpart in the Soviet Union, urging that the universities together seek ways to halt the nuclear arms race...
...Next came such allies as Cuban Party Chief Fidel Castro and Afghan President Babrak Karmal. They passed by briskly, exchanging only a few phrases with Andropov. But when Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua extended his hand toward Andropov's, the slow-moving queue of dignitaries came to a halt for three minutes while the two men talked volubly through an interpreter. The tall, stooped Soviet leader looked more than ever like a Russian zhuravl, or crane, as he bent forward to speak to the diminutive Chinese envoy. By contrast, Andropov's other greetings seemed lukewarm, even toward such...
...blaze prompted criticism of Mississippi's Republican Congressman Trent Lott, who represents the Biloxi area. He stepped in last year to halt Justice Department inspection of the state's often overcrowded local jails because he felt it was the state's responsibility...
...criticize the Salvadoran government, shocked a gathering of business executives in San Salvador by berating them on the human rights issue. Unless the Latin American government seeks conciliation with the left and puts an end to the terror inflicted upon civilians. Hinton declared that the United States will halt military aid to El Salvador...