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...Carl's help, Nunn visited Washington and was able to tell Georgians that if he was elected he would be put on the Armed Services Committee. I have "assurances," he said cryptically. By primary day, Nunn had the support of both arch-conservative Lester Maddox and black activist Julian Bond. After defeating Carter's man -- a Harvard-educated lawyer whom Nunn chided for being "too used to air-conditioned rooms in Eastern Ivy League schools" -- Nunn faced a conservative Republican in the general. The great coup, the stroke that many say put him over, was Nunn's enlistment of Alabama...
...seems to me that Harvard minorities tend to group themselves in cliques. This is especially obvious at the Union, where the long tables are lined with groups of Blacks, Asians or Chicanos. Of course, there are perfectly good reasons why minority students who share a common cultural bond form support groups, either informally or through the various minority organizations on campus...
Judge John P. Sullivan set bail for Perkins at $100,000 bond or $10,000 cash, Lynch said. Perkins is due back in court March 9, the clerk said...
...controversial display opened this week, after years of local arguments over how, if at all, the site should be preserved. A private nonprofit foundation raised $1.3 million to create the museum, and Dallas County, which owns the building, built a reception area with a $2.2 million bond issue. The Kennedy family, which was known to oppose the project, was not consulted on the plans...
...have taken the lead in giving first-timers some help with financing. Earlier this month, Michigan Governor James Blanchard proposed the first state plan to help future home buyers save money for down payments. The program, which Blanchard hopes to begin this summer, will allow state residents to buy bonds that not only pay tax-free interest but are also guaranteed to keep up with housing costs. For example, a family that wanted to buy a type of house now costing $75,000 but likely to climb in price to $105,000 in five years would invest...