Word: counciler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...authorizing the executive board to lose $50,000," said Council Chair Guhan Subramanian '91-92. "This is money we fully expect to get back," he said. Subramanian did not vote on the measure...
...vocal opposition, including Battat and former Treasurer Michael R. Kelsen '90, criticized the council for the short length of time it spent discussing such a large expenditure. The council spends more than four hours alloting its $40,000 grants budget, but "we spent 10 minutes discussing the [concert] issue, and we threw out $35,000," Battat said...
...mention was made of where the assaults took place. In a separate appeal, from the army, generals warned that they would not permit disturbances at military installations and called on soldiers to fulfull their duty "thoughtfully and reliably in these fateful hours." That same day the Defense Council resigned, leaving command of the 172,000-member armed forces in the hands of the government and the new head of state...
Ames is a tough target for environmentalists because he devised the test that is used to determine whether chemicals are carcinogenic. Nonetheless, Janet Hathaway of the Natural Resources Defense Council argues that talk about natural carcinogens deflects attention from industry's responsibility for environmental risks. Ames, she says, exaggerates levels of natural toxins and understates the exposure to and effect of synthetic chemicals...
...been defined by the Bush Administration's reaction to two epochal events. But while it may be wise for the U.S. to refrain from meddling too much in Eastern Europe's current upheaval, the global environmental crisis cries out for presidential leadership. Michael Deland, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, admits that "this country is the most wasteful on the face of this earth...