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...media mogul looted some $1.5 billion from the pension funds and coffers of public companies under his control, about twice the original estimate. Auditors also found that debts owed by Maxwell's private companies exceed $3.3 billion, up $830 million from earlier estimates, and that Maxwell allegedly schemed to bolster the stock price of one of his companies by illegally paying investors to buy shares...
What was George Bush up to? Until last week, he was busily trying to bolster President Mikhail Gorbachev in his struggle to keep the Soviet Union intact. Then on Thanksgiving eve Bush's staff leaked a startling message: the U.S. was ready to recognize an independent Ukraine -- even before Ukrainians had voted for it in a referendum...
Harvard is anticipating the return of Captain Kevin Sneddon, who will undoubtedly bolster the defensive corps. The Crimson's sole offensive imperative is consistency, which so far has not been a problem. Harvard has outscored its opponents 32-16 this season, with the five freshmen, notably Steve Martins (2-4-6) and Cory Gustafson (1-5-6), providing the muscle...
...addition, the dispute raises a larger philosophical question: Should separate colleges that serve primarily blacks be encouraged, or is it better to push for a color-blind system of public higher education? The Justice Department had planned to argue that it might be unconstitutional to force states to bolster black colleges on an explicitly racial basis. But President Bush has long believed that black colleges play an important role; he is an honorary chairman of the United Negro College Fund, which raises money for 41 private institutions, such as Morehouse and Tuskegee, that are not part of publicly funded state...
...vote-getters in last week's Undergraduate Council elections kicked off their campaigns to chair the council yesterday with promises to bolster student services...