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P.L.O. ineptitude and malversation were major factors in the trouncing of the group's candidates in seven of the eight elections for Palestinian bodies held in the territories in the past 12 months. In balloting for chambers of commerce and student and labor unions, Islamic fundamentalists have prevailed each time except the last, the chamber of commerce elections for the city of Nablus in May. There the P.L.O. slate won nine of 12 seats, but only after cynically inserting the word Muslim into its title and emphasizing the religious credentials of its candidates...
...other day if I wasn't optimistic on the budget problem, because more and more candidates are talking about restraining entitlement growth. And I said, "Maybe in a very small way, but, unfortunately, that's what the candidates say -- 'entitlement growth.' " When they speak at the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis, very few of them translate those abstract words into "freezing Social Security" or "restricting Medicare eligibility." In Congress we don't get to vote on the abstraction. We have to vote for or against actual programs...
...Chamber of Commerce says the bulk of that money must come from business...
...unexpected release of Connarton angeredmany city residents. Cantabrigians packed the CityCouncil's meeting chamber, balcony and stairwellat the first regular meeting after Cannarton wasdismissed...
...undergraduate education dean, a new Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean, a new Kennedy School dean, a new Education School dean, a new Design School dean, a New first-year dean and even new Eliot House masters, Harvard's traditional commitment to closed-door policies, Star Chamber-like decisions and secret procedures for everything from finding a new provost to finding a new dining hall czar would have waned. Not a chance...