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Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) board members met last night to decide whether to replace the defunct Harvard Delivery News Service (HDNS) as deliverers of the New York Times and Boston Globe, Dan Delvecchio, an HSA member, said yesterday...

Author: By Jennifer L. Wittner, | Title: HSA Board Members Meet to Decide Future of Harvard Newspaper Service | 2/20/1981 | See Source »

...Oval Office, forming a fireside rectangle for informal talking. A few of Ronald Reagan's gadgets are in place on the desk that John Kennedy retrieved from the White House basement. But a Remington bronze of a cowboy and the paintings on the curved walls are from the defunct presidency of Jimmy Carter. The huge grandfather clock installed by President Ford still thumps out its relentless rhythm. Beyond the tall windows, the sun slants across the South Lawn, where Thomas Jefferson had mounds graded to add visual interest. Fresh-cut flowers burst from a vase on the coffee table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Mingling of Old and New | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...first time, he endorsed "in principle" the concept of public financing of political campaigns, although he did not explicitly support the legislative proposal filed by the now-defunct state corruption commission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governor Pledges to Cut Taxes Again | 1/13/1981 | See Source »

...education of Anthony Lewis had hardly begun. After working for Adlai Stevenson's campaign in 1952, he met an old-time Scripps Howard newspaperman, Lee Miller, who found Lewis a job with the now-defunct tabloid, the Washington Daily News...

Author: By James L. Cott, | Title: At Home On the Left | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

...Justice Department last week obtained an indictment against Democratic Senator Harrison ("Pete") Williams, 60, of New Jersey for allegedly offering to use his political influence to help a phony Arab sheik make profitable investments in the U.S. In return, the bribery indictment charges, Williams accepted shares in a defunct titanium mine in Virginia in which the sheik, who was actually an undercover FBI agent,' said he intended to invest $100 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Biggest Catch | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

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