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Relations with the federal government now require consummate skill. Badly needed funding must be preserved, and a Harvard president has to be a master of defense to fend off probes and investigations emanating from a sometimes-hostile White House...
...final days of the gulf war, General Norman Schwarzkopf had to fend off sniper fire from an unexpected front: defense intelligence analysts based in Washington. Both the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency thought Schwarzkopf's bomb-damage assessments in the final stage of the air campaign were inflated as much as 50%. Though Schwarzkopf based his information on firsthand pilot reports as well as satellite photos, the Beltway desk jockeys were convinced that Iraqi tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery were in far better shape than field commanders claimed and could inflict great damage in ground combat. Bush Administration...
...Jack City director Mario Van Peebles, who also plays a detective in the movie, argued that his film has an edifying message: "You see what drugs do to the people and how the drug king is put down. It's a piece of edu- tainment." To fend off the charge that movies with black casts and largely black audiences are particularly likely to incite violence, he reminded reporters that films like Francis Coppola's Godfather Part III had sparked similar outbursts...
...profit groups sponsor dozens of programs designed to aid the elderly, the city still lacks a central place where seniors can get information about which programs would best suit their needs. Many, frustrated or intimidated by their confusing searches for aid, choose instead to go without help and fend for themselves...
...threat of a measles outbreak sent the Harvard men's basketball team scurrying for inoculation shots before last night's game against Columbia. The Crimson might have been able to fend off the virus, but it couldn't find the remedy for Buck Jenkins and the Lions, who rolled to a 92-77 victory last night at Briggs Cage...