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There are circumstances that will move Americans to fight--the most common is a fear of Soviet expansion, the spread of Russian communism through military force. "Something has to be done to stop them" was a common refrain all week--when asked, many said they would be willing to go to war should Russia show signs of overrunning the free world. But, bumper stickers to the contrary, young men seem to realize that there are two sides to the Iran "crisis" that is supposed to rescue America from the passive "Vietnam Syndrome." None of them seemed eager...
...many years the most common refrain among Harvard's critics has been that the University is prepared to talk, talk, and talk some more, but never to act except at its own inclination. "If nothing else, maybe this can be the wedge; we need a partnership, we need a dialogue," former City Councilor Mary Ellen Preusser says...
...right or the left." Then, in the best tradition of the stridency that has marked public life in Iran since the Shah's overthrow, one of the mullahs jumped to his feet and shouted: "Hail to Khomeini! Hail to the martyrs!" The other representatives took up the refrain with gusto...
...leaders, meanwhile, met with government officials and army commanders to try to negotiate a truce. Spokesmen for the townspeople lodged a series of specific demands: that the government keep its troops outside Kwangju until order is restored, that it compensate families of the dead and wounded and that it refrain from retaliating against the rioters. Initial negotiations did not produce a settlement, but at least the city was calmer than it had been for a week...
...sinister machinations which Ms. Russell's articles seemed to suggest are not supported by the facts. While she is certainly entitled to have a particular view of the judicial system in this Commonwealth, she also has an obligation to refrain from allowing these opinions to color her presentation of the news. Peter R. Huntsman...