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Tsongas remained on the New York ballot after he suspended his campaign on March 19. For anyone who wanted to lodge a protest vote against Clinton but couldn't stomach Brown, or vice versa, Tsongas' sober message of economic growth offered an appealing alternative. "Tsongas is Greek for 'none of the above,' " quipped political analyst Kevin Phillips. Buoyed by his showing, Tsongas weighed a possible re-entry into the race for two days before deciding to stay out. He saw no real chance of winning the nomination and refused to be a spoiler, a term that bothered Brown...
...Croatia last January, and Washington has now followed suit. And while Macedonia has declared its independence, the E.C. has not yet recognized it out of deference to Greece, which also contains a region it calls Macedonia and fears that an independent state could lay claim to some parts of Greek territory. The White House said the U.S. would coordinate its plans with the E.C. to recognize Macedonia, possibly as early as next month...
...other business, the Faculty votedunanimously to approve a masters and Ph.D. programin modern Greek. While courses in the subject arecurrently offered, Dean of the School of GraduateSchool of Arts and Sciences Brendan A. Maherexplained that the degree program had never beenofficially approved...
...loco parentis role. They are expected to provide counseling and supervision on everything from career and family planning to the dietary habits of vegetarians and anorexics. Indeed, such painstaking attention is paid to the personal needs of students that Gregorian likens running a U.S. college to presiding over a Greek city- state. "You have your security force, your dormitories, your food services, a judiciary to impose discipline, whether somebody harassed somebody, and so forth," he says. "I can't imagine the president of the Sorbonne being bothered with these things...
...morning I visit Felix and the battered radio is tuned to a Greek station broadcasting out of Lynn. Felix wears black wool pants, a short-sleeved office shirt open at the collar, anonymous black shoes, and a blue denim smock smudged with glue stains. He is rebuilding the worn toe of a woman's two-hundred-dollar cobalt-blue Salvatore Ferragamo...