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When Horowitz won tenure, he found that Purcell had a similar effect on his colleagues...
Since the moratorium was lifted, the new official criteria have gone into effect and several groups have applied for admittance, Bahat said...
...have agreed to work from the President's budget rather than write their own. But last week provided an even more striking example of the pragmatic detente between the two men: after months of private conversations with the President, Lott went public with a proposal that would have the effect of restraining Social Security and other entitlements. He called for a panel that would come to grips with the Consumer Price Index, which most economists believe overstates inflation, and government checks. That was a revolutionary statement in a city notorious for its fear of offending the seniors lobby. But this...
...relayed his client's reaction as, "Well, there's a practical joke every week." Later, Jones told TIME the disclosure was "very clever. We can't deny it, and we can't admit it." The protestations came even as defense and prosecution said the revelations would have no effect on the trial. Still, Jones says he will ask for an inquiry to see if his client's right to a fair trial has been violated...
Nowhere has the prospect of deregulation had a sharper impact than in New England. John Rowe, ceo of the New England Electric System, says his company was virtually forced by state officials to put its 18 power plants on the block. "In effect, we were told that in order to get all that we could from our stranded investment [a reference to white-elephant plants and unprofitable long-term power contracts], we should sell off our generation...