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...addition to calling for increased diversity among concentrators, the committee plans to propose establishing a "mentor program" between senior faculty and undergraduates, allowing concentrators to bypass more than two of the four required introductory courses, and finding a means of evaluating departmental offerings not covered by the CUE guide...
...Senate spent hours debating the suspension of rules that would allow full debate on the bill. Over repeated objections by Republicans, the Senate voted along party lines, 29-7 and 29-8, to bypass the rules and take up immediate consideration of the bill...
Haig's intensity and quicksilver mood shifts fueled a silly rumor that circulated when he was an angry and embattled Secretary of State. Haig, it was whispered, became mentally unstable after his 1980 double-bypass operation. Haig still pins the story on his old nemesis Richard Allen, Reagan's first National Security Adviser, who, Haig claims, kept a report on the psychological effects of bypass surgery in his White House office. Haig, laughing mirthlessly, says Allen even showed it to Nixon, who rang Haig for an explanation...
...David Burke had been allowed to bypass security screening as a familiar airlines employee...
...After 15 years he became its representative on Intelsat's board of governors and then jumped to the top rung at the international agency. He took office just as critics, especially within the Reagan Administration, accused Intelsat of obstructing the growth of competing satellite systems that would bypass Comsat. The clever and resourceful attorney moved swiftly to increase Intelsat's flexibility. Among other things, Colino led Intelsat to sell satellite transponders, which are the parts of the orbiters that relay electronic signals, to 13 countries, including Japan and Argentina, which use them only for domestic communications needs. The move greatly...