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American Indians of Harvard (AIH) plans to beef up membership recruitment, says Arnetta C. Girardeau '91. And the umbrella Asian American Association (AAA) will concentrate on an ongoing federal investigation of the College's admission of Asian-Americans, says AAA President Mark H.F. Kuo '90. He says the group also hopes to knit closer ties to graduate school students...
Specifically, academics must evaluate the effectiveness of Reagan's "peace through strength" philosophy--which led him to beef up defense and to arm "freedom fighters" around the world...
...biggest fear among law-abiding Chicago traders and brokers is that evidence of shady dealings will inspire Washington to clamp down on the freewheeling markets. Already Texas Democrat Kika de la Garza, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, plans to investigate the Chicago exchanges. Congress could decide to beef up the relatively tiny agency that oversees the Chicago markets, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or transfer the authority to the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Figuratively speaking, at least," laments a futures broker, "there'll be police in the pits from...
Rumbles of dissension in the military have also fueled the whispers. It is hardly surprising that Gorbachev's determination to beef up the civilian economy by paring military spending, including troop reductions and a cut in arms production by 19.5%, has rankled the security-preoccupied military. Two weeks ago a bimonthly military newspaper published a broadside blasting "pacifist calls to our countrymen asking irresponsibly for the Soviet Union unilaterally to 'turn swords into plowshares.' " The Kremlin quickly produced Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, the former Chief of Staff, to pronounce his support for the cuts...
...those who still shy from one of the world's finer pleasures (besides Grey Poupon mustard), Chicago Frank's also presents a wide lineup of other meals. Besides hot dogs, Lamberti and Gianchristiano also serve up hamburgers, various sausages, roast beef, chili, clam chowder, onion rings, and fried dough. These, unfortunately, were not up to par--it's obvious that Chicago Frank's is meant to do one thing, cook hot dogs, and nothing else...