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...alumnus of the Class of 1969, I have seen little change in Harvard's approach to the divestment issue over sixteen years. At our tenth reunion, my class officially voted to support divestment and deplored the "intransigence" of the Harvard Corporation on the issue. At our fifteenth reunion, we voted to reaffirm this position. Unless current members of the Harvard community can bring sufficient pressure to bear on President Bok and the Corporation, we may be reaffirming it again at our twentieth--if the racist government of South Africa has not fallen by that time. Jonathan M. Harris...
...defendant may be charged either by a prosecutor's written statement or after a preliminary hearing before a judge. (Though a state may choose to call a grand jury, the U.S. Supreme Court has not forced states to comply with the grand jury section of the Fifth Amendment.) Sixteen states now permit a grand jury's target to bring his or her own counsel into the jury room under some circumstances. In New York, legislators are considering using grand juries only in cases where no one has yet been arrested. Another proposal would allow prosecutors to offer only partial immunity...
Moreover, Clark who was seeded eighth out of sixteen in the 134lb. weight class at the Eastern wrestling tournament two weeks ago, worked his way through the tournament straight to the championship match Once there, however, he lost a tough fought bout by a two point margin...
While the team finished eighth in a field of sixteen, freshman fell Clark at 143 1bs. The Captain Barry Bausancs at 16 lbs, earned the honor of competing for the national show two weeks from now a New Tersev's Meadowlands...
...more refineries are set up across South America, drug routes cross more and more borders, bringing previously untainted countries into some phase of the business. Sixteen months ago, customs seized 667 kilos of cocaine, at that time the largest haul in history, at an airport near Caracas, Venezuela. In Paraguay last September, officials intercepted 49,000 gal. of ether, acetone and hydrochloric acid, enough to process eight tons of cocaine; DEA officials speculate that influential Paraguayans might be involved in drug trafficking. Cocaine arrests in Trinidad soared to 150 in 1983 from three in 1978. In the Bahamas, three Cabinet...