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...nuclear arms factories, it instructs, "We have judged immoral even the threat to use such weapons." Ethical questions are raised about the new MX missile system. And using the language of nuclear freeze proposals, which the Reagan Administration strongly opposes, the document calls for "immediate, bilateral verifiable agreements to halt the testing, production and deployment of new strategic systems...
Trying to halt the spread of new import quotas and restrictions is one of the goals of a meeting in Geneva later this month among the representatives of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, known as GATT. It is unlikely, however, that any such agreement can be reached. The European nations themselves are worried about the flood of inexpensive imports from Third World nations like South Korea and Taiwan. The Reagan Administration has generally taken a position in favor of free trade, but with unemployment at 10.1%, it will be hard-pressed to maintain its stance...
Nevertheless, for weeks before this Halloween, parents groups mobilized either to ban the holiday altogether, or arrange substitute activities for disappointed lots. Aldermen and city councils all over the country debated their right to call a halt to trick-or-treating P. T. A. task forces patrolled neighborhood stores to watch for product contaminations. Local hospitals offered to X-ray the loot...
...College has decided to significantly accelerate the renovation schedule for the aging Houses in an effort to halt deterioration more quickly and less expensively...
Five buildings in the House system will have major exterior and interior work done next summer, in contrast to the initial stage this summer when just Lowell House and halt of Winthrop House were refurbished...