Word: reactional
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Leslie A. Cornfeld '81, chairman of the Student Assembly, said yesterday, "I've been surprised at the reaction--most people see it as a very unfortunate situation in which anger is tempered by the state of the economy and energy costs...
...first process is the peace-making process, both with regard to the bilateral Egyptian-Israeli aspect as well as the inter-Arab, anti-Egyptian reaction which followed President Sadat's initiative, the Camp David agreements and the Peace Treaty. The other process is that of cultural, political, and social revolution and transition progressively sweeping almost all Middle Eastern countries. It is a process characterized by instability. Of course the most dramatic recent event was the fall of the Shah's regime in Iran and the establishment of a new, radical fanatic Islamic society...
...reaction of the council, and of a broad spectrum of professors both at Harvard and at other universities, has been one of bafflement. Many feel that Harberger's association with the Chilean military regime, his brand of "Chicago school" economics, and his strictly economic approach to development will damage the HIID's reputation, and set it on a narrow course, which might exclude other disciplines like sociology and anthropology...
Although the boycott will guarantee a deterioration of our relations with the Eastern bloc, we have no assurance that the Soviets will interpret it as a unified Western reaction because our allies have expressed extreme reluctance to stand...
These three Western allies met last week to discuss the Soviet Union's intervention in Afghanistan and to develop a common position with other Western European countries. "It would be a mistake to assume that the reaction of each country be the same. The West should sing in harmony but not in unison," Carrington said. The United States should be prepared to stand alone because although Western countries are now expressing their support for the United States' position, they are also exercising extreme reluctance as to whether or not they will boycott. While France and West Germany have condemned...