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...CHRISTA MCAULIFFE SABBATICAL FOUNDATION, named after the New Hampshire schoolteacher killed in the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, raises money to give teachers time off to pursue further studies. The foundation, which was organized by Sununu in 1986, holds a four-day fund- raising ski event each February at the Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire. For the past three years, Sununu and unidentified members of his family have flown to the event on Air Force executive jets. The Sununus in 1989 flew up on Air Force Two with Vice President Quayle. In response to written questions submitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly Free Or Die | 5/13/1991 | See Source »

...week after the Adelphi game, Harvard plays Brown at home and Princeton away in a four-day stretch that is the toughest part of the Crimson's season...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Mick: Carrying the Big Stick | 4/6/1991 | See Source »

...first free elections last June, Bulgaria became the only East European country to allow the Communist Party -- renamed the Bulgarian Socialist Party -- to retain power. But Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov's inability to alleviate chronic fuel and food shortages sparked weeks of street demonstrations. Last week after a four-day strike that paralyzed much of the country, Lukanov resigned. Appearing on television, he blamed the opposition for blocking his efforts toward reform, adding that it was "pointless" to * continue as Prime Minister. In Sofia demonstrators greeted the news with dancing and champagne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bulgaria: Champagne And Tears | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

Still, there are many at Harvard who prefer consuming food to serving it. The 250 Ivy League students participating in the seventh annual Pachanga celebration and forum, a four-day round of workshops, dinners and dances, will be doing a lot of that this weeekend...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Nothing Like Home | 11/21/1990 | See Source »

...surplus equipment that Exxon used in cleanup operations, buyers bid on acres of items ranging from animal shampoo to mobile homes to microwave ovens. Four 18-ft. boats sold for $3,750. Other items were less than a steal: four used TV sets sold for a total of $2,000. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers International, a Vancouver, B.C., firm that bought the surplus gear from Exxon, collected $3.8 million on the first day of the four-day auction. The oil company, which will send experts back to Prince William Sound next spring to continue the job, says it has plenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUCTIONS: What Am I Bid For the Slick? | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

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