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...most significant battles took place in the back rooms, where committees were hammering out the language of the final communiqué and tackling procedural matters that would affect the future shape of the movement. Here, at least, the moderates put up a stiff fight, proposing hundreds of amendments to Cuban draft declarations in an effort to tone down the pro-Soviet thrust. Another attempt to curb Castro's power was a proposal to expand the membership of the Coordinating Bureau, which acts on behalf of the movement between triennial summit meetings. By gaining some of the additional seats, moderates...
...course calls for mastery of German and Tatar recommends a minimum of three to four years high school or two years of college German. But she still maintains that the course is "in the spirit of the Core." Though the stiff language requirement cuts down sharply the course enrollment--Tatar expects no more than 20--the class still has a broad enough appeal to qualify as a Core course...
...attempt to open the tests to public scrutiny and to begin answering some of these questions is currently meeting stiff and unwarranted opposition. New York state this year enacted the nation's first "truth in testing" law requiring Education Testing Services (ETS) and other, smaller testing services to mail a student his corrected exam on request...
...Giamatti is a true blue (class of '60 and teacher since '66). The youngest president of Yale in 200 years, Giamatti faces the challenge of reducing a $19 million deficit without sacrificing the quality of education. So far, he has begun a complete review of operating costs and instituted stiff cutbacks in the nonacademic staff. "I hope to see a Yale College with fewer students, a curriculum with fewer courses and more structured breadth, and a college seminar system that engages retired faculty so that their dignity and wisdom and expertise are not lost to us all," says Giamatti. Another...
This is the document in which Zahedi quotes Kissinger* as arguing for a "stiff stand against" opposition figures and adding that "my view is that all the political prisoners released earlier should be arrested and put back in jail." We didn't release it, but I can assure you the document is genuine. Some Americans must be squirming at the thought of what's in the other documents...