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...whether his government would stand or fall. He went not to Congress, nor to the White House, but to 700 19th Street, N.W., the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Manley came to plead for a desperately needed loan for his country, and the IMF, "lender of last resort" to many Third World countries, was his last hope...
Claiming that the recent decision not to offer a professorship to Eugene Genovese was based on his Marxist orientation, Professor Martin L. Kilson, Jr., writes "That this petty and obscene resort to McCarthyite use of ideological criteria for faculty appointments at Harvard, hardly a week after President Derek C. Bok issued his courageous and cogent memorandum denouncing such McCarthyite behavior in our universities, was offered to the Harvard community without explanation also defies belief...
...moment at least, Khomeini indirectly lowered the likelihood that the hostages would be harmed. "Carter is prepared to resort to any crime and inflame the entire world," the Ayatullah railed. "Carter has reduced his political prestige to zero. He must give up the hope of re-election." Khomeini implied that only if the U.S. tried another such rescue mission would the hostages be punished. Said he: "I warn Carter that should he resort to such foolish things, then it would be impossible for us and the government to control these Muslim, combative and heroic youth who are guarding the spies...
Seeking a judicial solution to a problem is usually an act of last resort. The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. When we judges get a question, it is almost always (a) very important, and (b) a tough case that is close enough to drive one mad. Hence the craft is hard...
Despite the restrictions on the use of DMSO, thousands of Americans still manage to obtain it. Some use a form of the drug that has been approved for veterinary use or even resort to the industrial solvent. Others travel to shady DMSO arthritis clinics in Mexico. This has alarmed the Arthritis Foundation, which, despite erroneous press reports, has advocated only the testing of DMSO. Says Foundation Official Charles Bennett: "There is a good deal of evidence that DMSO may be effective as a short-term painkiller, but there is no scientific proof that it reduces swelling and inflammation. We advise...