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Until now, doctors have tried to prevent or halt early labor by bed rest, sewing up the cervix, prescribing sedatives, hormone inhibitors, various drugs, even alcohol. But these tactics were only partially successful and sometimes produced unpleasant side effects-alcohol, for example, may cause vomiting, diarrhea, tearfulness and headaches...
...predicted that the Soviets would have to start importing petroleum before 1985. The CIA updated that study last year and said that Soviet oil output could fall as low as 8 million bbl. in 1985. If this view is accurate, the Soviet Union will soon have to halt its lucrative oil exports, including 129 million bbl. to such Western nations as Italy, West Germany and Austria. Last year petroleum was the largest Soviet export, with about $6 billion in precious foreign exchange coming from Western Europe alone. An end to oil exports, moreover, would weaken the political and economic hegemony...
Indecisiveness also characterized two other votes of the Corporation. It faced a proxy calling on Atlantic Richfield Company to halt its expansion in Chile until the Pinochet government loosens its restrictions on civil rights, and another committing Occidental Petroleum--the parent company of the polluter of the Love Canal--to establish a policy for responsible disposal of chemical waste. With the ACSR backing the two resolutions, the Corporation was once again caught between its reluctance to oppose management and its desire not to counter the urgings of the ACSR. Again, it abstained...
...stop the war. Four days after Nixon's April 30 announcement, a meeting of 2700 students and faculty members put Harvard, like more than 300 schools across the nation, on strike. They demanded that the U.S. "unilaterally and immediately withdraw all forces from Southeast Asia," that the U.S. halt "its systematic oppression of political dissidents and release all political prisoners," and that "universities immediately end defense research, ROTC, counter-insurgency research, and all other such programs." A Boston-wide rally drew 40,000 to Soldiers Field and 11 of Harvard's most prominent professors trooped--along with hordes of students...
...represent them in their dealings with Harvard. The NLRB decision climaxes a two-and-a-half year legal battle between the University and District 65. June 29: Medical Area workers vote to reject the union's bid to represent them by a margin of 436-346, putting a halt to the organizing campaign...