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...Gaubert, a friend of House Speaker Jim Wright, bought land for 50 cents per sq. ft., then sold it the same day for $5.25 per sq. ft., pocketing $5.6 million in profits. Gaubert, who denies any wrongdoing, says the Republican Administration is trying to use the Justice Department to embarrass Wright...
...into a powerful economic force." The real punch, he points out, will come from boycotts and threats to withdraw union funds from banks; only such actions will turn executives against IP. "I'd much rather see rich businessmen fight it out in the boardroom," Rogers says. "You can't embarrass them. You have to make them deal with real economic or political pressure." The question is whether the pressure will build fast enough to budge IP before the strikers lose hope...
...Crimson bats delivered nine hits, including four for extra bases. Yet the left-on-base statistic continues to embarrass Harvard, as they stranded nine yesterday...
...public service medal to Attorney General Edwin Meese III. The fundraising episode shows that, once again, Allison has not taken responsibility for his actions. By setting up an internal review, Bok evaded the real issue--Allison should resign, or Bok should fire him, before he has another chance to embarrass the school and the University...
...some wins in the South to prove he is a viable candidate. But George Bush maintains a commanding lead in the region, and a frustrated Robertson last week resorted to a series of outlandish remarks, including a suggestion that the Bush team had timed the Jimmy Swaggart scandal to embarrass the Robertson campaign. Bob Dole was buoyed by impressive triumphs in South Dakota (55% of the G.O.P. vote) and Minnesota (43%), but his disorganized campaign has still not caught fire in much of the South. His strongest champion in the South remains his wife Elizabeth, who was born in North...