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...would sell them. As Reagan's Secretary of Treasury, a qualified blind trust (whose owner knows what assets it contains, though he has no say in when they are bought and sold) was deemed sufficient. But after White House ethics chief C. Boyden Gray, who had also run afoul of the stricter rules, focused the zeal of the newly converted on the Baker portfolio (and conveniently deflected attention away from his own problems with the new rules), nothing short of complete divestiture would...
Other athletes have had to sit out seasons or parts of seasons because of academic problems. Like other students, athletes occasionally run afoul of the Administrative Board. Students on academic probation cannot participate in extra-curricular activities--including sports--without special permission...
Last week the legislation ran afoul of President Reagan. Stating that the bill "cannot be reconciled" with constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech, Reagan refused to sign it. His pocket veto infuriated lobbyists like Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television, who called Reagan's refusal a form of "ideological child abuse." Democrat Edward Markey of Massachusetts, a co-sponsor of the House bill, said 20% of U.S. television stations exceed the proposed limits on commercials. He plans to reintroduce the measure next year and hopes for a more favorable response from the new Administration...
...study suggests that economic class is an important factor in how youths are treated by the juvenile justice system, whether they are black or white. Elliott believes that when more affluent youths run afoul of the law, they are more likely to find lenient treatment from police, and that courts are more willing to release them into the custody of parents who can promise counseling and special schools. Says he: "When lower-class families don't have these options, the court has little alternative but to order a jail term...
...years, after being denounced as an "imperialist" for actions he allegedly committed during the revolution. He had been a member of the party and a Communist activist, but was fed rice and water for two years in a jail cell. Paul's mother, a schoolteacher, also ran afoul of the authorities--she was denounced by her own students after mistakenly sitting on a newspaper which contained Chairman Mao's picture. She was sent to the country...