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...Patterson says that to branch out too far would be a misstep. The emphasis on the humanities was a deliberate choice, Patterson says--and a good one, given the limited resources available...
...been his efforts to upgrade schools for Native Americans, to get a higher return for the government from private concessions operating in federal parks, to protect historical battlefields and to improve Interior's record on minority hiring. He halted the privilege enjoyed by some in Congress and the Executive Branch of using national-park cottages and lodges, off limits to the public, for personal vacations...
EVEN AS THE FBI IS GAINING GROUND ON THE AMERICAN branch of the Mafia, it is getting ready to take on a new threat: the YAKUZA -- Japanese mobsters. An estimated 100,000 yakuza in Japan rake in some $10 billion a year from narcotics, extortion and loan-sharking. As the gangs channel that cash into legitimate investments in the U.S. and Europe, the FBI will be hard pressed to decipher the money trail. One reason: money laundering is not a crime in Japan, so the mobsters can operate through shell corporations without the kind of close scrutiny at home that...
...attempt to deflect attention from the House imbroglio, Foley has called for a review of Executive Branch perks and has created a bipartisan task force to recommend an overhaul of congressional operations. He brushed off Bryant's demand for his retirement by vowing to run for another term as Speaker. If he had shown the same zeal in dealing with Jack Russ, his re- election would not be in doubt...
...surge in "distance learning," cable entrepreneur Glenn Jones in 1987 founded the Mind Extension University. Based in Englewood, Colo., it beams college-credit courses to 36,000 students across the country, under the aegis of such established institutions as the University of Minnesota and Penn State. Last fall a branch of the University of Maryland began offering the nation's first four-year bachelor of arts program via Mind Extension; 60 students are enrolled. "Today's students are often working," explains Paul Hamlin, the Maryland dean in charge of the program. "They need to be able to compete, and they...