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...long as we are able to deal with all the people who have need, we haven't felt we have to cancel awards that were once given in good faith," says Jewett. Jewett says it was "my understanding" that there are "not very many ties" between the University and the clubs...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Knocking on the Final Clubs' Closed Doors | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...levels could be trimmed, especially if the U.S. insists that its allies share more of the burden of defending the free world. Defense specialists in Congress and the Administration can choose from among several possible cuts: reduce the size of the aircraft-carrier fleet from 15 to twelve and cancel two planned carriers before construction begins (a saving of $3.5 billion in 1992); cancel the Stealth bomber ($7 billion); kill the C- 17 transport plane ($2.3 billion); freeze annual spending on the Strategic Defense Initiative at 1988 levels ($9 billion); trim 80,000 soldiers over four years from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time's Proposal Yes, It Can Be Done | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Edward (Dick Robinson) comes home from work minutes before he and his wife Lavinia (Olivia Holmes) are to give a cocktail party, only to discover that she has left him. Though he tries to cancel the party, he is unable to reach all the guests and to prevent them from coming...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: High Spirits | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

Margret Rey, now 81 and living in Cambridge, was originally slated to be among the 300 adults and 250 children who put in an appearance at saturday's event, but she was forced to cancel her plans because of illness. Also invited but unable to attend was Robert Urich of TV's "Spenser for Hire," which is set in Boston. Urich was stuck in traffic in Connecticut, according to a public relations officer for the event...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Curious George Feted on 50th Birthday | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...last November's presidential contest to a halt just three hours into the balloting. Many Haitians are now forecasting that if Brigadier General Henri Namphy, head of the ruling junta, feels he cannot impose his choice of a President on the rest of the army, he will postpone or cancel the voting. From Port-au-Prince to Washington, virtually everybody seems to discount the possibility of a fair contest. Says a politician who ran for the Senate two months ago but refuses to participate this time: "There is nothing certain about these elections except that they will be a sham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti Voting with Their Feet | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

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