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...Newstour changed some long-held preconceptions. Firestone's Nevin found himself surprised at "the diversity of the four Communist countries. I had thought of them as much more monolithic." Inter-Continental Hotels' Sheeline said, "We're always told that Arabs are all brothers, with one point of view. But they have totally different points of view on many issues." The participants came away deeply concerned about the difficulties the U.S. faces. John Beckett of Transamerica deplored the lack of a "decent export policy." Former Diplomat Sol Linowitz recommended that the U.S. "get its priorities about the Soviet...
...issue was Trudeau's long-held belief that Canada requires a stronger central government and, in addition, a constitutional charter of rights guaranteeing equal freedoms for all the 24 million French-and English-speaking citizens, regardless of local jurisdiction. Both of Trudeau's aims are hotly disputed by the provincial premiers. They jealously guard the extensive powers granted them in 1867 by Canada's founding British North America Act, still held by Britain, which is the basis for Canada's self-government. Among other things, the premiers fear that Trudeau wants to impinge on such provincial...
...Japan, is a key link between the Siberian home ports of the Soviet Pacific fleet at Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk in the north and the naval base at Cam Ranh Bay in Viet Nam to the south. That American-built facility has fulfilled the Soviets' long-held, often frustrated desire for a warm-water naval base halfway between Vladivostok and the politically volatile, economically vital Persian Gulf-Indian Ocean region, where the superpowers are now circling each other warily...
...have solidified my long-held conviction that the only purpose for a handgun [Dec. 22] is to kill human beings. Hunters do not hunt with handguns. Armies do not war with handguns...
Minority students say that this responsibility is more the College's than theirs. Students are not in a position, they say, where they can even hope to alter long-held racial attitues and create an environment in which members of the Harvard community can develop a mutual respect...