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When first asked by a reporter for Gorton's rationale for the cuts, a spokesman said the Senator had based his decision on grounds similar to Babbitt's. But given Gorton's reputation as one of environmental regulation's stauncher foes, this was a dubious rationale. In fact, the Senator's battle with autonomous-and assertive-local Indian government goes back at least to the 1970s, when as an 11-year attorney general in Washington State, he found himself embroiled in high-profile court cases against area tribes over fishing rights and criminal jurisdiction. "I do not believe there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURY MY HEART IN COMMITTEE | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

...stripped him of his self-respect-as well as thousands of dollars. In the book Louganis refers to him only as Tom, but in a lawsuit filed in 1989, after Louganis had been stalked and threatened with blackmail by his former lover, the man was identified as Jim Babbitt. By this time Babbitt already had AIDS, and Louganis had been tested. "Greg told me he had tested positive early in '88," O'Brien recalls. "I was devastated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEART OF THE DIVER | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...Clinton Administration made another strategic retreat today before the House GOP juggernaut, this time proposing to soften provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt released a set of 10 guidelines that would "balance endangered species protection with economic development," including a proposal to forgo enforcement in single-home residential tracts, or on issues that affect areas smaller than five acres. The plan also requires more scientific study before declaring species in danger and gives states and local officials more discretion. The House passed a tougher bill Friday by a vote of 277-141 that would require federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AND YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE ENDANGERED BEFORE | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

Pertile will fill a gap in Dante studies left when Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature Dante Della Terza retired last year, according to Fido...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Italian Dante Scholar Will Join Faculty | 2/14/1995 | See Source »

Cole's teaching performance was such that he could be invited back to campus as an instructor in the future. He left his teaching job, according to director of the core curriculum Susan Lewis, only after Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature Dante Della Terza retired during the past academic year and his course, Literature and Arts A-21, was eliminated. Recently, Harvard considered Cole for a job as assistant dean of freshmen...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: William Cole and His Fish Stories | 10/19/1994 | See Source »

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