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Nor was that all. Within a week Board Chairman -- and Texas Governor-elect -- Bill Clements announced the abolition of special admissions that let in some 15 athletes a year with SAT scores as low as 700 (400 points below the norm). And Clements declared he was "dead serious" about dropping...
THE REYKJAVIK SUMMIT raised hopes about an agreement for the abolition of nuclear weapons, but it appeared to founder on the President's intransigence over his Strategic Defense Initiative. One proposed utopia appeared to defeat another. How should we think about SDI and the long-term future of nuclear deterrence...
As a Congressman, the 6-ft. 5-in. Wirth made a reputation as the typical "Atari Democrat," who urges growth and investment in high-technology industries. But he has balanced his views with positions more attuned to a Colorado constituency. He advocated strong consumer-protection laws but also worked for...
To meet growing demand, electronic trading networks are reaching out internationally, in the first stages of what NASDAQ President Gordon Macklin calls a "global market for equities." That integration took a significant step forward in London last week. With much popping of champagne corks, exploding of fireworks and high jinks...
out was unconstitutional and threatened to sue. The owners could not afford to wait, and Missouri's Supreme Court was asked to rule immediately. On Wednesday the court refused, and the paper shut down. Thus ended a publication that began its life supporting abolition and became one of the nation...