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Meanwhile, in Paris, Mr. Bani-Sadr charges that the United States arranged the seizure of the hostages itself, “to destroy our revolution.” So? It worked, didn’t it?

The Reagan Administration is proceeding at a politically judicious pace to dismantle costly and senseless affirmative-action regulations covering government contractors. The changes will exempt 12,624 of the 16,767 firms doing business with the government from affirmative-action programs, but 77 per cent of the total number of their employees will still be covered. One foot, other foot.

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Meanwhile, in Paris, Mr. Bani-Sadr charges that the United States arranged the seizure of the hostages itself, “to destroy our revolution.” So? It worked, didn’t it?

The Reagan Administration is proceeding at a politically judicious pace to dismantle costly and senseless affirmative-action regulations covering government contractors. The changes will exempt 12,624 of the 16,767 firms doing business with the government from affirmative-action programs, but 77 per cent of the total number of their employees will still be covered. One foot, other foot.