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Predicting the news, like predicting the weather, is always on uncertain task. The Crimson makes no promise, therefore, that the following Spring 1985 preview of College issues and the Undergraduate Council is either all-inclusive or comprehensive. It may be useful, though, as a guide to some of the headline events and issues of the months ahead...
That is the rock on which he has founded his idea for Star Wars, a defense against missiles that theoretically could render an attack so uncertain that both superpowers would come to their senses and end the nuclear arms race. The idea is not likely to vanish despite political resistance and military and scientific doubts about its feasibility...
...Administration often turns on the working relationships of the people within it. Throughout his political life, Ronald Reagan has been surrounded by an inner circle of aides of proven talents and unquestioned loyalty. As he embarks on his second term, the old crew is dispersed and the course uncertain...
First, the FDIC's move should be perceived largely as a signal to the industry that board directorships should not be awarded as honorariums. One of the great risks a capitalist society faces is the uncertain stability and credit worthiness of its banking institutions. By refraining from nationalizing the industry, unlike most European socialist countries, the United States is placing great faith in the management of individual banks. The FDIC must use the opportunity of Continental Illinois's brush with disaster to remind bank directors of the trust placed in them. (The FDIC had to wait until media focus shifted...
That suit, one of four filed by the trade association, was settled out of court, but Harvard's attorneys "`have over' time been working with the libraries" to meet the often-uncertain standards set by the law, Martin Michaelson, deputy general counsel, yesterday...