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...when his brother was killed in an auto accident in the late 1960s, Berry transferred to the University of New Hampshire to be closer to his family...
While a superficial analysis could equate the Eisenhower "Eastern Establishment" coalition of 1952 to the Bush supporters of 1988/92, there is more to the story. Part of the Eisenhower coalition included a group that grew dissatisfied during the early 1960s, then openly revolted against anti-Vietnam sentiment and the Great Society...
...1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Yale neglectedits buildings, choosing instead to invest facultyfunds in bolstering a need-blind admissionspolicy, making the transition to a coeducationalschool, building an extensive library collectionand buttressing faculty salaries to competitivelevels, Matzke says...
...resulting furor rattled the FDA like no scandal since the thalidomide scare of the early 1960s. Following Anderson's appeal, the agency declared a moratorium on all silicone-gel implants, pending further review. "It's the ultimate case as to why you need a strong agency," says FDA Commissioner David Kessler. Now, says Kessler, "the honor system is out the window." He promises that companies will be subject to intensive audits in which investigators will scrutinize how data are analyzed and presented by the manufacturers. Says he: "People have to know that we have the will and resolve to deal...
...posh Henry-Dunant hospital in Paris was fractured by a political thunderclap last week with the arrival of George Habash, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. His organization has carried out airliner hijackings and bloody terrorist attacks in France, Israel and elsewhere since the late 1960s, including the 1976 hijacking of an Air France plane to Uganda that was liberated by Israeli troops. Yet Habash, 65, was routinely admitted to the country and the hospital for treatment of a stroke he suffered in Tunis...