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i Page Cr Continu "Bio science moder science have i the ne focusii logy. n dersta Som group worry more than o "If orient ing tc owns "I doi logy, one in "Wi mal p ing t part i just i plant shoul phasi gy-" An than Ti Contii onsta nated est pr Pag many from U I / The Sports & Back Clinic is pleased to announce the opening of their College Station office for Sports & Orthopedic Physical Therapy at 2305B South Texas Avenue on August 26, 1991 Michael Joseph, FT, LAT, ATC Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer For appointment please call 693-3100 or 776-2225 Page 18 The Battalion Wednesday, August 28, <3$ UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS THE AGGIES CHOICE FOR LONG DISTANCE UCI is offering S%'ZZL( NG fall prices! 9.9 Cents Per Minute To Your Telsave Area tt No Monthly Charge tt No Installation Fee w Written Proof of Savings on Each Bill w Immediate Hook-up Ask About Our Personal 800 and Travel Services * Sign up tables located at MSC, Commons, Sbisa, Pavilion and Academic Building Augest 28-Septmeber 6 Don't Wait, Call Today at 693-5874 Because Every Aggie Deserves the Best. 1600 Texas Ave. S. 693-2627 College Station This Week’s Specials Coors Light ttggg $ 1 o 99 —■ 12ozcans Keystone/Keystone Light 12oz cans All Miller Products 11 *99 G ))hMr r * 1 1 !»«: , BEER 24 pack 12oz cans Coke, Diet Coke Sir Sprite Kg 2 liter Bacardi Silver LJr * 750 ml JT 80 proof Bud Light f!M $ 1139 KiGiKH 24 pack | 2oz cans 693-2627 We accept cash, checks, or debit cards on sale items Specials good thru Sat., August 31,1991 Test Your Knowledge! Who Is This Man? A. Rode across Asia on a tricyde. B. First magirian to successfully saw a woman in half. C. Winner of 1886 Ulysses S. Grant look-alike contest. D. Developed rotary dial telephone and automatic switchboard. I f you answered “D,” move to the head of the class! Because the man pictured above is Lars Magnus Ericsson, who was working the kinks out of the telephone in Sweden at the same time Alexander Graham Bell was developing the telephone in the U.S. Ericsson went on to found one of the world’s largest telecommunicatbns companies, Ericsson Network Systems, now with offices in over 70 countries worldwide. If you're about to graduate with a technical degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications or a related field, you owe it to yourself to explore a career with Ericsson. We can offer you a world of challenge and international prestige. A world that lets you be a real part of Ericsson’s success. Find out more: Texas A&M September 10-12 Computer Science and Electrical Engineering If you're unable to meet with us on campus, please write for more information: Dept. ColAdv, Ericsson Network Systems Inc., P.O. Box 833875, Richardson, IX 75083-3875. If you’re looking for the place to build your career, Ericsson is the answer. ERICSSON S Network Systems Inc. An Equal Opportunity Employer Gorbachev says he won’t serve a divided U.S.S.R.; seventh Soviet republic secedes MOSCOW (AP) - Mikhail S. Gorbachev threatened on Tuesday to resign unless some form of Soviet unity is preserved. But even as he spoke, a seventh republic spun off from the center and celebrated its independence. The Soviet president, who only a week ago was a prisoner of the hard-line coup plotters who briefly toppled him, made a forceful and impassioned plea to the national legislature to maintain the country's cohesion or risk disaster. Raising his voice at times to be heard over the clamor, Gorbachev said the Soviet Union stood "on the point of collapsing" and warned: "If it does, it would be a catastrophe." Although he staked his political future on some form of union, the Soviet president left open the prospect of some new and looser confederation, acknowledging that the face of the nation had already changed irrevocably. Gorbachev emphasized the need for a common defense and continued economic ties. In line with that, he agreed earlier Tuesday to begin negotiations on an economic cooperation agreement that would be acceptable to all 15 republics, even those intent on independence. In the ninth day of an extraordinary upheaval that has seen Gorbachev's ouster and reinstatement, the ascendancy of Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the disintegration of the once-mighty Communist Party, there were these developments: — Moldavia, which borders Romania, declared independence, the fifth republic to do so since the coup and the seventh overall. "It's a happy day," said President Mircea Snegur. In the Moldavian capital, Kishinev, crowds waved the republic's red-yellow-and-blue flags after its Parliament adopted the independence declaration. — The European Community formally recognized the independence of the three Baltic states, joining a growing list of foreign governments granting diplomatic recognition to the republics or saying they would do so soon. — In a sign of the Kremlin's rapidly loosening grip on the Baltics, the new Soviet defense minister, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, said Lithuanian youths drafted into the Soviet army can go home. Shaposhnikov also told Lithuanian lawmakers the infamous "black edn beret" troops blamed for bloody attacks w. be withdrawn from the Baltics. — Robert Strauss, the new U.S. ambass!:'!"’ to the Soviet Union, strongly hintedl ESt President Bush may extend diplom: recognition on Friday to the Baltics. He: [sJE Bush "probably will have sometlfi- v significant to say" about the matter that da] N j — The Tass news agency said thescjlg jsj e . hi surviving coup leaders could face the-dtf One of suppo: penalty on charges of high treason. ~“'-'»« osurc conspirators, former Interior Minister Pugo, was found dead after the c; Sl collapsed, but it was not certain whethei A n a j rs committed suicide or was slain. Since the abortive coup, Yeltsin, ijjj.g. Russian Federation president whoral’^i] f as t- opposition to the hard-line takeover,:^, c emerged as Gorbachev's partner a government — perhaps the senior partner. | omes C Gorbachev, speaking to the lawmaU said Yeltsin agreed with him on the need, some form of unity among the republic that cannot be preserved, he said he wouldj the question to Parliament "and leave." But the resignation threat didn't have! »nt to Federal Government approved sales U.S. companies sold high-technology goods'lS to countries known to support terrorism HVI WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has approved the sale of more than $300 million in high- technology items to Iran and Syria in recent years, even though it says those countries support terrorism, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Commerce Department used loopholes in federal regulations to legally approve the exports, some of which had potential military use. From late 1987 through September 1990, U.S. companies got government permission to ship computers, aircraft parts, navigational, radar and communications equipment to Iran and Syria, according to the Commerce Department documents. One of the licenses, granted in July 1990, allowed a major U.S. computer maker to sell $3.9 million worth of equipment to Iran's Interior Ministry. The license said the computers "will be used for accounting and payroll applications and ... to perform a national census project." Other licenses allowed sales to the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission of U.S. computers, oscilloscopes and film processing chemicals. Oscilloscopes display electrical waves on fluorescent screens. Experts say they can potentially be used to develop missile guidance systems and to process data from nuclear weapons tests. Federal law bans the sale of sensitive U.S. technology to Iran and Syria because they are on the State Department's list of countries that support international terrorism. Government officials are supposed to "presume denial" of such exports — but there are exceptions. One recognizes the "sanctity" of previous contracts, which the Commerce Department said it used to approve a range of high- tech exports. The U.S. exporters to Iran and Syria included major computer vor o So s makers, oil drilling companies |j st j t;u ' t( medical equipment suppliersal^y ^ j other technology firms, the | assil , Commerce Department F documents show. e gooc The documents were provi; ^ — to The AP on condition that individual company names no: used. The AP asked Gary Milho!!: director of the Wisconsin Projec on Nuclear Arms Control, to examine the documents. The Washington-based project is funded by the University of ! Wisconsin. 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