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Secretary of Education William J. Bennett yesterday renewed his call for a crackdown on drug abuse on college campuses, singling out Harvard as the "flagship" university that should lead the movement...
...shown greater eagerness than it had under his predecessors to pursue insider cases. Says Shad: "If the public believes that a few have privileged information and take advantage of it, it is going to shake confidence in the fairness and the integrity of the securities market." Shad's crackdown on insider trading would be greatly helped by an increase in the SEC's budget, which is currently $106 million, or only a little more than Boesky's total penalty...
Enrile and other officials said they knew nothing about what happened to Olalia, but rumors spread that some military leaders hoped that the killing would spark protests by leftists. That would then give the armed forces the excuse for a major crackdown. Another possibility is that he was killed by far leftists who opposed him because he was cooperating with the government. About 5,000 Olalia supporters marched Friday to the Defense Ministry, demanded Enrile's resignation and called a one-day strike for this Monday. The Communist-dominated National Democratic Front, which represents the New People's Army...
...Crackdown on Newspapers...
Deep in the bowels of University Hall, L. Fred Jewett--'L' for "Law 'n' Order"--was plotting the crackdown that would once and for all make Harvard Yard a safe place for elderly grandmothers and university presidents. Flanked by his two highly paid consultants--Elliot Ness and Wyatt Earp--Marshall Jewett was going over the various proposals to bring the University's nogoodnicks to their knees. Bok loomed over Jewett's shoulder, showing inordinate interest in the plans of his two-fisted, iron-bellied lieutenant...