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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...serious reform of the congressional campaign finance system is possible unless the role and influence of PAC money is dramatically reduced," said Common Cause President Fred Wertheimer. "Members of Congress must give up their dependency on PAC contributions and enact real campaign finance reform legislation in order to end the campaign money chase in Washington...

Author: By Roderick A. Scheer, WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: PAC Funding Report Released | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

...being sure they have nothing but genes in common. The eldest, Marvin (Daniel Stern), is an officious straight arrow. The youngest, Bobby (Patrick Dempsey), is a juvenile delinquent manque. The middle brother, Buddy (Arye Gross), naturally keeps trying to mediate fraternal fractiousness. None can imagine why their father Fred (Alan Arkin) insists that they all are needed to perform a single task: pick up a perfectly preserved 1954 Cadillac convertible in Detroit and deliver it (despite speed traps, accidents and fights for control of its radio dial) to him in Florida unscathed and on time for their mother's birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: On The Road | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...description in the course guide, let's title it Advanced Principles of Human Movement in a Confined and Well-Defended Space. His students call it varsity basketball; his opponents think of it as water torture. No one anywhere teaches the course more skillfully. Says Princeton Dean of Admissions Fred Hargadon: "If we were in Japan, Pete would be designated a Living National Treasure." Instead, Carril may have to settle for merely being the best college basketball coach in America. Year after year, he molds a succession of students whose collective athletic skills would not elicit a raised eyebrow from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETE CARRIL: This Coach Stalks Overdogs | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

...January, first-year students were full of hope and joy, as Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 agreed to a compromise on the housing lottery--a compromise that seemed to grant the students more control over their housing destinies...

Author: By Philip P. Pan, | Title: Appeal of Lottery Compromise Dwindles | 3/17/1990 | See Source »

Vacation Watch: Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has been at the center of the long-standing controversy over the housing lottery system. This year, he finally worked out a compromise: a system of non-ordered choice which he hoped would maximize both choice and diversity in the houses. Jewett, however, hasn't been around lately. while first-year students nervously turned in their forms, Jewett was basking in the sun and fun of Singapore. He'll be back just in time, though, for the results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 3/17/1990 | See Source »

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