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...Capital Campaign as one of the reasons for the increased payout. Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 said, "A lot of people have contributed a lot of money, and I think it will be very helpful to be able to point and see how that money is having an effect today." While we agree that major University donors such as Katherine B. Loker and Sidney R. Knafel '52 deserve to see the fruits of their generosity, the University should take its spending cues not from individual donors but from the needs of students...
SCOFFLAWS DO BETTER At the beginning of the year, the state of California's ban on smoking in all bars and restaurants went into effect, as reported by Steve Lopez in our Jan. 12, 1998, issue. Since then, barkeeps who have complied say they are suffering financially and complain that bars continuing to allow smoking have been largely unpunished and are profiting nicely. In the first six months of 1998 there have been 408 complaints, but the city of Los Angeles has issued only three citations for smoking violations. Statewide, similarly meager enforcement is reported...
Starovoitova's killers are in little danger of being brought to justice. None of the well-planned murders of prominent people--such as St. Petersburg's deputy mayor, who was shot down by snipers in 1997--has been solved. But the planned political violence is having an effect. Calls are growing for the government to invoke emergency powers. Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov has rejected such demands, but he is under pressure to do something. What he can achieve with a system that is riddled with corruption, however, is open to question...
...many Florida teens are having trouble taking the crackdown seriously. "I got caught four times in one day," says Marissa LaMonica, 16, who has been smoking since she was 11. "It's really ridiculous." Others insist the new laws won't have any effect on them or their friends. "My parents were pissed off, but it really doesn't do anything," says Marie Hernandez, 16. "People just go behind a bush...
...William Levitt's suburban homes to David Sarnoff's nationally broadcast shows to Ray Kroc's Big Macs. Mass production made all sorts of stuff, from toothpaste to TVs, more affordable, but it also led to a certain conformity. And because of economies of scale, it had a centralizing effect: power shifted from local craftsmen, shopkeepers and family-run businesses to big factories, chains and corporate conglomerates...