Word: calif
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...that time, Rudenstine sketched a vision of the new Institute as a knowledge-seeking group similar to the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study or the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, Calif...
...Campbell (R-Calif.) last week invoked a clause in the War Powers Act of 1973 that forced full House votes Wednesday on two resolutions, one declaring war on Yugoslavia and the other requiring President Clinton to withdraw U.S. troops within 30 days. Neither had a chance, but to simply vote no on both would mean an implicit endorsement of Clinton's way. Fractured as the party is over Kosovo, no GOPer was in the mood for that. "This was a symbolic vote so that Republicans could assert their authority in the Kosovo conflict," he says. "But they'd still rather...
DIED. JEAN VANDER PYL, 79, actress and voice of Fred Flintstone's wife Wilma; of lung cancer; in Dana Point, Calif...
Another successful project was the brainchild of a fourth-grade class in Lake Isabella, Calif. The class had been studying trout, an integral but beleaguered species in the area. To educate their community and tourists about the fish's plight, students built a model trout stream, complete with signs describing the trout's life cycle. Their handiwork will now welcome and enlighten thousands of visitors each year...
...trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you're done! PHIL KIRCHER Hopland, Calif...