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...short, NASA was force-fed a harsh dose of reality: the glory days of the 1960s are long gone. It may be that the only way the U.S. can remain a power in space in the face of a strong Soviet manned program and aggressive foreign commercial ventures is if NASA shares the costs -- and the rewards. The question now is whether a policy outlined by a lame-duck President will carry much weight with his successors...
...beatings have provided only a temporary respite. Last week fresh waves of violence swept over the West Bank and Gaza. For two days the Casbah of Nablus rang with a harsh tattoo as young stick-wielding Palestinian militants pounded on closed shop shutters and metallic junk barricades. Defying a curfew, the youths, armed with slingshots and iron bars, declared the old, walled portion of the West Bank city to be a Palestinian enclave. Forbidden red-black-white-an d-green Palestinian flags waved from the mosques, the gangs controlled the streets, and the army refused to enter...
...caucus voters of Iowa dealt a harsh blow to Republican Vice President George Bush's campaign, but did little to alter the Democratic nomination race, Harvard political experts said last night...
Some leaders of the U. S. Jewish community, which provides Israel with vital financial and political support, grow openly critical of the army' s harsh tactics. -- While Sandinistas and contras meet in San Jose, lobbying intensifies in Washington, and Congress nears a critical vote on rebel aid. -- Colombia' s Attorney General becomes the latest victim of the billionaire drug traffickers...
...When I'm working, I'm up at six and not asleep until two a.m.," the Cabot House resident says. "It's harsh, really, really harsh." Chung is surviving 100-hour work weeks right now, working almost like a nanny. His job includes waking his candidate, feeding him, sending him to smaller events, putting him into holding rooms, preparing for other events, and finally putting him to bed at around 10 p.m. "Then I begin doing all the work for the next day," Chung says...