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...method the military has used to fuel international tensions has been to make what is actually a nationalist struggle appear to be a Soviet threat, Galbraith said. He cited U.S. fears of Soviet involvement in Nicaragua as such an example...
...welcome alternative within the Core curriculum--a Science A class on programming and how computers work. Unfortunately, planning for the class was given low priority status by the council and no action was taken on it this year. Core planners should create a computer class and reconstruct the testing method before next year's freshmen end up in yet another spring cramming session in the Science Center basement...
...quality of feedback to students represents another opportunity for creative thought. In some cases, such as a well-run studio course in the School of Design or a good tutorial in the College, immediate feedback is built into the very method of instruction. In many instances, however, the process does not work so well...
...Nashville spinning is Psychologist Martin Katahn, 57, director of Vanderbilt University's weight-management program. His new plan, detailed in a book to be released in a few weeks, picks up on a method he used to drop 75 lbs. after a heart attack 23 years ago. The key feature: three weeks of dieting followed by a week or two of relatively guilt-free maintenance eating. With exercise, he says, the rotation diet can result in a daily loss of two-thirds of a pound. Exults Katahn: "It's safe and it's quick...
...United Nations' acceptance of so-called national liberation movements as legitimate is a good indicator of the moral confusion that has come to surround this view of violence as the preferred method of political action. Since the 1970s, the U.N. General Assembly has passed numerous resolutions asserting its support for the right of 'national liberation movements' to 'struggle by all means . . . to achieve power.' It has consistently condemned countries for attempting to defend themselves against terrorist violence. The distinction between legitimate and illegitimate use of force has not so much been blurred as stood on its head...