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Horner also argues the sale was justifiable because the planes are "a defensive piece of equipment; you can't do anything offensive with an AWACS." Tell that to Carter Administration officials who denied the Saudis' 1978 request for the aircraft precisely because of their offensive capability--because their reconnaisance ability could facilitate Saudi air raids on Israel. Horner, though contends otherwise. "You can't say knowing about someone else is offensive'--to me, 'offensive' is dropping bombs on somebody." Horner says, "Every single person who signed that telex is an extremely strong supporter of Israel." With supporters like that...
Gaye Williams '83, another student who attempted to get a special concentration in women's studies approved, agrees that the committee was particularly reluctant to consider her request. Williams, whose petition was eventually turned down, notes that she was discouraged from the outset by faculty members who doubted whether women's studies was a "discipline." "Usually, on the first try they will tell you to try a department and come back," she says. "Because my field was women's studies, they didn't encourage...
Though Soviet-Vietnamese relation are basically solid, there are signs of stress. A Soviet request last June to assume management of Vietnamese development projects was denied. A more serious conflict occurred in December when the Vietnamese booted Pen Sovan, general secretary of Kampuchea's Communist Party, from the government, apparently for trying to chart a political course independent of Viet Nam. The Soviet Ambassador in Hanoi made his displeasure known at the government New Year's party by refusing to take his designated seat next to Foreign Minister Hun Sen. A long, embarrassing silence followed, until a quick...
Even in the halcyon budget-cutting days of July 1981, the House found room in its heart for the "truly needy" Clinch River breeder reactor program, approving Reagan's request for $228 million in new construction funds. The fiscal 1982 budget included a 36 percent increase in nuclear subsidies, boosting the figure to $1.6 billion, and administration planners envision an increase to $1.7 billion for fiscal 1983. In addition, the president has called for "streamlining" the NRC's licensing process to allow 33 more plants to come on line in the next two years. He has also endorsed federal financing...
Harvard officially has until Tuesday to file briefs outlining its position on the case, but Daniel Steiner'54, the University's general counsel, said that Harvard will probably request an extension to fully prepare its case...