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...Protocol can be interpreted as a very modest document. It binds nations to refrain from first use only in warfare. It does not exclude research and development, stockpiling, or retaliating with either chemical or biological weapons in international conflict. So if a nation wants to use lethal chemicals to control a domestic riot, the Protocol presents no problem...
...rent strikes and some imaginative dramatic stunts. He had garbage dumped on an alderman's driveway to make the point that collections were inadequate in the slums; ghetto rats were ceremoniously deposited on the steps of city hall. If the occasion requires, Alinsky's forces will not refrain from spreading rumors about an antagonist or indulging in something that comes very close to blackmail. "Our organizers," he says, "look for the wrong reasons to get the right things done." He has only contempt for liberals who appeal to the altruism of their opponents: "A liberal is the kind...
...moved to settle a federal antitrust suit arising from his corporate acquisition of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. In order to hold onto the nation's seventh largest steelmaker, LTV will have to sell its controlling interests in Braniff Airways and Okonite Co. LTV also agreed in principle to refrain from "certain activities" for ten years -which probably means no more major acquisitions for that period...
...Southie, for Southie, we sing our proud refrain...
...requirement that suspended students refrain from regular use of University facilities and from working within the University has drawn fire from students who charged that the requirement interferes with free exchange of ideas within the University...