A DIPLOMAT AND A FEMINIST: LETICIA RAMOS SHANHANI
Date: 10 July 1985
By Elaine Sciolino, Special To the New York Times
Elaine Sciolino
When she was 22 years old, Leticia R. Shahani fell in love with a man 15 years her senior. She spent the next 10 years finishing her studies and shaping her career before she married him. ''My feminist philosophy has been shaped by my own life,'' she said in an interview.
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ONE OF 3 CLEARED OVER NAVY'S $659 ASHTRAYS
Date: 10 July 1985
Special to the New York Times
The Navy announced today that it would reinstate an admiral who was relieved of duty after disclosures about high prices that a supply depot under his command paid for airplane ashtrays and other spare parts.
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Afghan Rebel Attacks On Convoys Reported
Date: 10 July 1985
UPI
Upi
Western diplomats said today that Afghan rebels attacked two Soviet-Afghan military convoys last month, killing hundreds of soldiers, and mounted their heaviest rocket assault in months on the suburbs of the capital of Kabul.
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SOVIET MAY EASE 'STAR WARS' STAND
Date: 09 July 1985
By Leslie H. Gelb, Special To the New York Times
Leslie Gelb
Soviet negotiators in Geneva have indicated for the first time that they would be willing to accept an arms treaty allowing research on strategic defense, high-ranking Reagan Administration officials said today.
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Photo Restored to Wall
Date: 10 July 1985
By James F. Clarity and Warren Weaver Jr
James Clarity
At the State Department's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, the picture of Leslie H. Gelb, who was director of the bureau from 1977 to 1979, is back on the wall. It was taken down in February after publication of an article by Mr. Gelb, now a correspondent of The New York Times, that the bureau director, Lieut. Gen. John T. Chain Jr., objected to as damaging to national security.
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ANTISATELLITE WEAPON IS REPORTED SENT BACK TO ITS MAKER FOR REPAIRS
Date: 10 July 1985
By Wayne Biddle, Special To the New York Times
Wayne Biddle
The Air Force sent its only available antisatellite weapon back to the manufacturer for repairs late last month, according to Congressional sources, putting an already delayed testing program into further uncertainty.
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Not a Pseudo-Event
Date: 09 July 1985
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
Back in the 1950's, someone coined the term ''pseudo-event'' to describe happenings contrived solely to appear on television. Pseudo-events, in this usage, would not have happened had there been no cameras available to film them. But 30 years later, it's the other way around - events outside our private lives lack a certain reality, they become for most of us pseudo-events, if they do not appear on television.
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MILITARY MALPRACTICE LAW OPPOSED
Date: 10 July 1985
By Philip M. Boffey, Special To the New York Times
Philip
A proposed law to allow military personnel to sue the Government for medical malpractice would undermine military morale and discipline but would do little to improve the quality of medical care, officials of the Reagan Administration said today.
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