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...present position, particularly in light of the altered facts of the case. The Times should accept Judge Trautwein's compromise or propose a better one. A failure to do so will eventually result in an imperfect judicial decision that does violence to one or both of the equally precious principles of press freedom and the individual's right to a fair trial...
...congratulation has been the self-interested nature of the Western diplomatic role: the five NATO powers who attempted to act as honest brokers between SWAPO and Pretoria stand to gain the most by securing a peaceful transition to independence. These countries' corporations mine and market the vast stores of precious minerals in Namibia. And for 12 years, these countries, led by the U.S., did the most to undercut U.N. efforts to loosen South Africa's stranglehold over Namibia...
...entry, other times she does noth ing for a week. Her husband Bill, a retired quality-control inspector whom she married in 1937, works continuously too, driving to the post office to mail entries (she won't risk the mail box) and buy stamps. He scouts around for precious entry blanks, but higher postal costs have forced Mrs. Haley to cut back on the number of entries she sends...
...current ventures. But even if they all fail, he will be able to bounce back. Witty personable, and clearly facile with a typewriter, he will be able to bounce into almost any kind of new project. And it is not until the end of the interview that he.unloads the precious secret of his avocation: "I became a writer so I could wear a sweater...
Like others, he said he views leaves as gifts of precious time. "They give people a chance to do work which they have no time to do here. Writing is something professors are expected to do, and writing depends on getting leaves" because it requires time to think, he said...