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This spring's Board of Overseers election will present another opportunity for diversification among the University's top administrators, as well as a chance for alumni to elect members who favor the University's divestment from South Africa-related corporations, Wood says...
...mornings before he left, Reagan brought his friendly squirrels a double ration of acorns. He spread them out on the veranda beyond his window and watched the scramble. His staff found a squirrel-size sign that read BEWARE OF DOGS and placed it along the squirrel path. When President-elect Bush came around for his final minutes with his old mentor and boss, Reagan pointed out the sign, mindful that the Bushes will move in with a pregnant English springer spaniel named Millie and before long the grounds will swarm with puppies. "I'll keep the sign right there," promised...
NEWTON--In a rare show of unity, Bay State Republicans met last night to re-elect Ray Shamie state party chair...
...deficit of $127 billion to the $100 billion required by the Gramm-Rudman law. Instead, the Reagan budget proposes to accomplish that in part by eliminating 82 federal programs, all of which Congress has defended in past budgets. While Democrats dismissed the Reagan document as "irrelevant," since President-elect Bush plans to submit a revised version by Feb. 20, the incoming Administration is unlikely to embrace a tax increase until it becomes an unavoidable compromise. Along with his broad "read my lips" pledge during the fall campaign, Bush specifically ruled out a higher gasoline levy...
...Bill Bennett (6 ft. 2 in., 225 lbs. and gaining) was not the nation's drug czar then, but he may be next time he encounters those cautious bureaucrats. Bennett was nominated by President-elect George Bush last week to the newly created Cabinet-level post, and instantly lines of contention were drawn for the Senate hearings once Bush takes over...