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Recently, Cambridge's representative, Joseph P. Kennedy II, announced he will not run for reelection this November. By choosing to vacate a seat once held by political legends like Tip O'Neill and his uncle John, Kennedy's departure seemed to confirm a noticeable trend of congressional evacuation. So far, 32 House members have declared their intention not to run again in '98. This group includes high-profile departures like Vic Fazio (the third-ranking Democrat in the House), and the power couple of New York Republicans Bill Paxon and Susan Molinari...
Responding to yesterday's front page article in The Boston Globe which alleged that Radcliffe may lose its titular claim to undergraduate women, University officials said they can "neither confirm nor deny" impending changes...
Popularly acclaimed as leader, Khomeini set out to confirm his authority and lay the groundwork for a clerical state. With revolutionary fervor riding high, armed vigilante bands and kangaroo courts made bloody work of the Shah's last partisans. Khomeini canceled an experiment with parliamentarism and ordered an Assembly of Experts to draft an Islamic constitution. Overriding reservations from the Shi'ite hierarchy, the delegates designed a state that Khomeini would command and the clergy would run, enforcing religious law. In November, Khomeini partisans, with anti-American passions still rising, seized the U.S. embassy and held 52 hostages...
...undertakes a ranking. There is, first, "Outstanding Popes," followed by "Good or Above Average Popes." John Paul II makes neither of these categories. Father McBrien rates him as less than great because he did not flesh out Vatican II. But he rates him as "Historically Important," as Gorbachev would confirm...
Columbia officials and Barro himself refused to confirm the account of deal published in Wednesday's New York Times,or to comment on the exact terms of the contract.Richard Clarida, chair of Columbia's EconomicsDepartment, would say only that the package wasenough to "encourage [Barro] to think aboutColumbia...