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That is not to say I believe the millenium has arrived out here "in the real world." It is to say there are many resources at Harvard students should avail themselves of. Harvard is, for most of its graduates, just the beginning. Lee A. Daniels...
...drive sputtered to a halt there as the Crimson managed three more plays to no avail...
...When Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski protested that he needed access to the materials, the White House temporarily suspended the agreement. In recent weeks, Ford's and Nixon's lawyers have tried to reach a new agreement on how the tapes should be handled, but to no avail. On the day of last week's hearing, Nixon went to court to get an order enforcing the original deal. Ford's position remained that he would not give up the tapes until the special prosecutor was satisfied with the arrangement...
Pathetic Standoff. The militant left has carried civil disobedience one step further. Housing is short because of higher construction costs and tight credit, so radicals have led homeless squatters into whatever shelter is avail able. In one section of the city, 40 families raced to occupy brand-new housing already assigned to others. They held it against the frustrated protests of the rightful tenants, some of whom had been waiting years. It was a pathetic stand off between different dispossessed...
Areeda suggested that since his field of expertise is "the intersection of law and economics," he would probably also deal with economic matters. "I'm not going to try to compete with the Council of Economic Advisers," he said. "But if the president chooses to avail himself of my abilities, I will certainly give him my advice...