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...Radcliffe students were really second-class," says Katherine Bolster Russell '60, a Unitarian minister in New Hampshire...
...panic spread to Baltimore's Merritt Commercial Savings (assets: $339 million) following news reports that state regulators had asked the thrift to bolster its cash position by selling a 39-story downtown skyscraper it is constructing. Maryland authorities tried to restore confidence by placing both institutions under the wing of state conservators, but that failed to stop the runs from spreading to other privately insured thrifts...
Perhaps the most surprising development was a whiff of rebellion within the Conservative Party. An informal group calling itself Conservative Center Forward was launched by about 30 moderate Tory M.P.s, with former Foreign Secretary Francis Pym, 63, as its leader. In calling for measures to ease unemployment and bolster industry through greater investment by the government in the public sector, Pym declared, "This Conservative government has been giving round after round of ammunition to its political opponents. It stands in danger of being sunk by its own shells." Though Pym praised the Prime Minister for her "courage and determination...
...evening as "a lovely affair." Never mind that the "Mayflower Madam," as she was dubbed in headlines, was charged last year with running a posh prostitution service out of a Manhattan town house. Apparently the indiscretion did not much bother the 300 guests who paid $40 apiece to bolster her legal-defense hope chest. Not that Barrows was totally forgiven. "She was stupid," chided one guest, "she used credit cards." Some things are just too vulgar to overlook...
...Trade Representative: "This is a precedent-setting agreement reflecting the Reagan Administration's commitment to free trade with all nations." The White House, which hopes that the agreement will encourage a loosening of trade restrictions around the world, approved the unique arrangement in part as a way to bolster the ailing Israeli economy. Israel, which sought the pact since 1981, last year sold $1.6 billion worth of merchandise to the U.S., while importing $1.8 billion in American products...