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...order to re-establish its credibility among students, the 1989-90 Council is going to have to assert itself. Disappearing down the easy path of fiscal responsibility and self-concerned services will not be enough. What Harvard needs is an Undergraduate Council that will lead us into the 90's by tabling all talk of tabling politics...
...Under these circumstances, my counsel has advised me and I have agreed to assert my constitutional rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments by refusing to answer questions before this subcommittee," he said. "I trust this subcommittee will remember that these rights are intended as shields for the innocent and that they do not create any inference or presumption of wrongdoing...
...some experts assert that a borrowing binge could slow the upgrading of airline fleets or lead to higher ticket prices. "Debt definitely makes it more difficult to modernize fleets," says Morten Beyer, chairman of Avmark Inc., an aviation consultant in Arlington...
...rising legislator, boasts few achievements during nearly three decades in the Diet, except for serving twice as Education Minister. "He's a good-natured person," says Mitsuo Tomizuka, a former labor leader who once negotiated with Kaifu. "But I worry about whether he can lead people, whether he can assert independence...
...raise billions for worthy causes (education in most states, senior citizens' programs in Pennsylvania). Lottery operators love to quote an 1826 remark by Thomas Jefferson that lotteries are a kind of tax "laid on the willing only." Chon Gutierrez, director of the California lottery, goes so far as to assert, "The lottery is not gambling. It's entertainment." And cheap entertainment at that, says Edward Stanek, commissioner of the Iowa lottery, because ticket buyers "can spend $1 and then spend the rest of the week dreaming what they would do if they actually...