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DIED. Robert Cecil Romer Maugham, 64, nephew of Author W. Somerset Maugham and, as "Robin" Maugham, a prolific novelist, playwright and memoirist in his own right (Somerset and All the Maughams, Conversations with Willie); in Brighton, England...
...Cecil Striker, chairman of the history of art department, said, "We are one of the few department here that isn't pre-anything," adding, "You notice they aren't cutting any biology courses...
...Cecil Betz Flintridge, Calif...
...magnitude is an impossibility for the lame-duck Carter Administration. But to show good faith, Secretary of State Edmund Muskie has recommended that credit guarantees for grain sales to Poland be increased from $670 million to a reported $900 million over the next year. According to British Trade Minister Cecil Parkinson, who was in Warsaw last week, Poland is also seeking new loans from West Germany, France, Italy and Britain...
...keep up with the cost of living not once but twice a year, costing taxpayers an extra annual $500 million. When President Carter tried to reduce that raise, the federal employees' unions mounted a zealous lobbying campaign and beat him in the House, 309 to 72. Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, who is planning to return soon to Idaho, will take home mixed memories: "I'm not anti-Washington. I enjoy it. But you have games going on all the time with these people. There are bureaucrats and there are 'powercrats.' I call the two or three...