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...conversations with his client, he says, he intimated to Judge Sidney Shapiro that Sanborn planned to lie on the stand. Sanborn, recalls Rubin, had "told me what he wanted to do, what he wanted to say, and what he wanted me to do and say." Shapiro refused Rubin's request, ordering him to proceed with the case. The judge cited the lapse of time since the commission of the crime, the inconvenience to witnesses, Sanborn's rejection of three previous court-appointed defenders and the possibility that "any new counsel will be confronted with the same conflict...
...Chinese protectionism. Says a Western diplomat in Peking: "We all know the Chinese are not interested in facilitating trade. They are interested in facilitating exports." Trade experts think that several years of delicate negotiations lie ahead before GATT members admit China to the club. The Chinese, for instance, may request special treatment as a developing nation. Nevertheless, the fact that China has asked to sit down at the bargaining table with its trading partners is a promising omen...
...Harvard tradition and lose concern about the values of the community in which they live. Those seniors who petitioned at graduation time for the removal of shanties, which were erected in the Yard by activists as a reminder of the University's South African investments, acted selfishly. Their request was value neutral. Neither for or against divestment, it exhibited an insular attitude on the part of students who feared the protesters who were rocking the boat...
...school sought injunctions against the two stores who did not comply with this request, the Eagle Shop and the Heartbreak Hill Sports Shop, Franco said. Because these shops were located directly across the street from the school's campus, many visitors thought the shops were authorized by Boston College, he said...
...prefer your poetry in the flesh, contemporary poets come here to autograph books and be seen. If you prefer your reading to be in another language, Schoenhof's Foreign Books (76A Mt. Auburn St.) may very well have it, and will also send away for any title you request...