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...trading off the MX for the SS-18 was that the Administration as a whole, and Reagan in particular, decided that the U.S. must have the MX no matter what the outcome of START. Like cruise missiles and bombers, the MX was thus to be unavailable as a bargaining chip. The U.S. might settle for a smaller number of MXs with a START agreement than it would otherwise have deployed, but the missile system was seen as an indispensable part of the U.S.'s "strategic modernization" program...
...mudpies--now available in individual slices for $1.50 each--made of Jamocha Almond Fudge ice cream in a pie crust. Haagen Dazs (67 JFK St.): Considered one of the best of the mass-marketed variety, Convenient for Gelaria shoppers, for some it's a slice of home. Chocolate-chocolate chip is still tops: so rich, they named it twice. Gelateria (Mt. Auburn St.): This new-wave addition to the list of summer palate-coolers may not be stealing the ice cream clientele, but it's an interesting alternative. Real Italian Gelati (richer and fruitier than ices, less rich and creamy...
...used to be that a University could simply lay its endowment into bonds or a few good blue-chip stocks, and Harvard was no exception. But during the last decade, investing has become a frenzied, anxious business, and the potential for overnight disaster strikes most acutely at institutions like Harvard that rely on their endowment to provide much of their income...
Massive fund drives on the order of the Campaign's often pick up the pace near their end, as alumni become more likely to chip in big bucks to meet a stated goal. And development officials here are hopeful that a newly announced matching scheme by 27 wealthy alumni and Harvard friends will ease the Campaign down the home stretch. Under the plan, they will give Harvard one dollar for every two dollars in new or increased contributions received--up to $25 million worth...
Many of Benton's clients are from large corporations, and about 75% are men. Executives from such blue-chip firms as Xerox, Union Carbide and Citicorp have signed up without informing their bosses. Almost everyone praises Benton. "She's fabulous," says Pam Crowson-Brash, an account executive at the Foote, Cone & Belding ad agency in Chicago. "I feel I have an advantage over anyone who hasn't taken her course...