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...which will take effect in January and also forbids the state to place public money in banks that deal with foreign companies operating in Sudan. (It is illegal for U.S. firms to do work in Sudan.) The two laws will affect an estimated $2 billion in investments. New Jersey assemblyman William Payne, who authored his state's bill, hopes "this will grow from a ripple to a wave," and points to six other states, including Ohio and Massachusetts, where governments and pension funds are considering divestment. Meanwhile, Harvard students pushed the university to sell its $4.4 million stake in Petro...
...This is not a democratic exercise we are talking about," said Opposition Assemblyman Luis Villafuerte last week. "This is really war." Whatever twists and turns may follow in the Philippine political drama, all parties concerned are aware that the stakes in the battle are growing higher by the hour. --By George Russell. Reported by Sandra Burton and Nelly Sindayen/Manila
...since 1973. One possibility: First Lady Imelda Marcos. Although the President told NBC Nightly News last week that his wife is "definitely not" a candidate, he announced at week's end that he would have a running mate. Insiders say that Imelda is still pressing to run. Noted Opposition Assemblyman Homobono Adaza: "She's probably the most visible noncandidate around...
...those on the right, true freedom requires more diversity--which, to them, means more conservatives in faculty ranks. "If the system were fair," says Larry Mumper, sponsor of the Ohio bill, "Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity would be tenured professors somewhere." Says Wisconsin assemblyman Steve Nass, a UW-Whitewater alumnus and chief sponsor of the Churchill resolution: "[Legislators] deal with the tax dollars that are put into the UW system. We have a responsibility to see that they are used appropriately." He may soon propose a Horowitz-inspired bill in Wisconsin...
Surely, the commentators have argued, such a radical move would require gutting essential services, closing schools and firehouses, abolishing environmental protection—as one assemblyman told me, “returning California to the Wild West.” Well, only if one believes the Gold Rush occurred...