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...where he will be a visible and vocal presence in the increasingly high-profile arms-control debate. He told TIME he will exercise "a strong voice" against unbridled defense spending and will argue that "a strong economy and a strong society are more vital to national security" than a string of new weapons systems. "Who knows," he says, flashing his famous smile. "Someday I may do it again." As he said at the press conference, "I don't think it's any mystery that I would like to be President." -By Maureen Dowd. Reported by Hays Gorey...
While the Hambleton trial unfolded, still further security breaches were revealed as an army lance corporal and a government information officer were charged with violations of the Official Secrets Act, apparently for relatively minor offenses. Then last Friday the string of spy scandals took a new turn with the expulsion of the Soviet naval attache, Captain Anatoli Pavlovich Zotov, for unspecified "inadmissible activities," a diplomatic euphemism for spying. No wonder the chairman of a parliamentary investigation concluded last week that Britain's security screening system is a "shambles...
...York Times, if it didn't exactly keep its head, at least had the sense to wind up some of the string and pull it back into sight--despite even Anthony Lewis '48's incessant heaping on Israel of the kind of vituperation that might better suit Stalin or Pol Pot. The misinformation That may explain why now, in direct contravention with tradition, the Post is discussing its policies with some leaders of the American Jewish community...
...attribute our success to the fact that we have the flexibility of moving people around and entering them in different events," Hays said. The team isn't just one swimmer deep in each event; if a first-string aquawoman is having difficulties, other swimmers are talented enough to step...
...last night... You see, I didn't get called back for the Hasty Pudding Show tryouts. It was no surprise when I didn't find my name posted on the door of the clubhouse, but it was still a crowning failure to add to a string of them that I've experienced since arriving at Harvard. For some reason, though, this was the first one that really hit me; it pushed my spirits way down...