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...himself into a spirited and largely irrelevant plea for the U.S. to become independent of foreign oil. But each Senator spoke only to a nearly empty chamber. Their colleagues dozed on cots in darkened conference rooms or in their otherwise vacant offices. This was the Senate's first all-night filibuster since 1978, an effort to prevent the registration of some 4 million 19-and 20-year-old youths for possible future drafting...
Whether a union voice in Chrysler management will have much effect on the company's desperate fight for survival is far from certain. Last Saturday, following all-night talks with Canadian officials in Toronto and extended negotiations in Washington, Chrysler finally tied up all the elements of its rescue plan. The company obtained a total Canadian contribution of $210 million in government-insured loans, which completed the conditions Congress had set out for approving $1.5 billion in U.S.-guaranteed loans. The money for the automaker is sorely needed. Chrysler's new-car sales were off 42% last month...
...all-night session a week ago settled most of the budget issues--the deepest cuts recommended by Superintendent William Lannon were ignored, but only at the expense of nickel and dime reductions in other programs...
...reputation as peacemaker and diplomat. While other parts of the University boiled over, Bok had kept the Law School on simmer. While Pusey had called the cops to break up the occupation of University Hall, Bok had pursued the opposite tack. When a group of protesters held an all-night "study in" at the Law School's library, Bok ordered coffee and doughnuts and thanked the students for "coming to show your concern." Bok's colleagues from his Law School days, including James Vorenberg, professor of Law, clearly remember the "very cool, moderate role" the young dean played in calming...
PRINCETON, N.J.--The Princeton University judicial committee Wednesday night issued "warnings"--the lightest punishment possible--to 72 students who held an all-night sit-in March 17 in Firestone Library to protest Princeton's holdings in corporations doing business with South Africa...