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Representatives from New York City, for example, are rallying in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Mervyn Dymally (D.-Calif.), which will force the Census Bureau to use statistical adjustments in the 2000 census. The bill is receiving such support, according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, because New York City officials estimate that the 1980 census missed more than 800,000 New York residents, causing the metropolis to lose $25 million in federal funding...
While the governor predicts that his message for new employment and training initiatives, better industrial relations and improved education will assure a Southern victory, his superior Southern organization and the nod from influential Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton are critical assurances...
...annual grant from the CIA, will help senior CIA officers develop case studies on the link between intelligence and policy-making. These case studies will be used by the CIA to teach officers about how their information-gathering influences government policy decisions. Senior CIA official Bill Klein, currently the program's only participant, is taking classes at the Kennedy School...
Harvard hockey Coach Bill Cleary was keeping his head in two games simultaneously Saturday--a game on the ice in front of him, and a game a thousand miles away...
...Undergraduate Council is becoming more and more like real government everyday. The council's latest move resembles a tax increase. The student government voted to raise undergraduates' term bill fees by 100 percent, from $10 to $20 a year, making the council's annual budget...