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...carmakers lobbied legislators working on the National Energy Act to postpone the proposed deadline for improving the gas mileage of their fleets. Ironically, with the drop in sales of larger cars and the consequent emphasis on compacts in Detroit, the fleets may meet the original deadline of their own accord...
...blue sweater. When the temperature gets too cold, he can even be seen working in his hat and overcoat. And despite a yearly income in the million-dollar range, Wilson still lives in the same house he bought 30 years ago and drives himself to work in a Honda Accord. Behind the folksy down-home style, though, is a tough, raw-hewn engineer. On his office wall hangs a laminated olive branch, a peace offering from a group of squabbling managers who once exasperated their chairman. When they could not reach a consensus at a meeting, Wilson slammed his folder...
Because "the Anderson difference" is not all that different from a traditional moderate stance, the media may pay him more respect then they traditionally accord independents. For this reason Anderson may be tempted to take the plunge and for the same reason he should hold back: he wouldn't win, but he might throw the election to former California Gov. Ronald Reagan...
...bases in Zambia. Last fall, the Patriotic Front co-leaders met with representatives of the biracial Muzorewa government for an all-parties peace conference at London's Lancaster House. Chaired by British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, the 15-week talks produced a majority-rule constitution, a cease-fire accord and a transitional plan that temporarily returned the country to British colonial rule...
...case of Professor Ann Seidman. Seidman, who has published ten books and 35 articles, was ranked third on a list for a new chair after two men. When they declined, the Sociology Department reversed itself and withdrew her nomination. The Affirmative Action Monitoring Committee, established by the university in accord with the Lamphere Decree, held that Brown had failed to prove that it had not discriminated against Seidman. Out of 845 tenured economics posts in major Ph.D degree-granting universities, only 14 are held by women...