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...awarded custody to Stern, permitted Elizabeth Stern to adopt the baby on the spot and--keeping things tidy--denied the court-appointed guardian's recommendation that the natural mother retain some parental rights. A deal, Sorkow's ruling reminded those who may have forgotten the schoolyard-taunt of a kid who has taken advantage of another, is a deal...
...City Council vote last night laid the groundwork for Cambridge to adopt a sister city in El Salvador to counteract the damage that they say the American military has done in the Central American country...
Besides being ethnocentric, Southern whites also form the most moderate portion of potential Democratic voters. To attract these voters Democrats have to adopt a middle-of-the-road image. In theory, Dukakis--with his pro-economic growth reputation--could pull this off. In reality, the Duke simply will be perceived in the South as an extreme liberal...
...state attorneys general last week voted unanimously to adopt merger guidelines that are stricter than those used by the Justice Department. Many states may now try to block some deals, no matter what the Federal Government says. Still, any legislation and legal action to curb megadeals will take time. Until then, says Wallace Turner, a broker at Manhattan-based Smith Barney, "takeover plays are alive and well." And plenty of stockbrokers, investors, traders and dealmakers intend to get in on the action while it lasts...
...across campuses. In California, 40 Stanford volunteers took time out two weekends ago to paint an elementary school gym in East Menlo Park. In Boston, Wellesley undergrads tend to homeless women every night at Rosie's Place, a local shelter. At Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., volunteers have started an "adopt a grandparent" program to aid the elderly. Students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor help low-income people with tax returns...