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Last year at this time, the Corporation consisted of four corporate mavens and three academics, including President Derek C. Bok. With the death last year of corporate executive Colman M. Mockler and the impending retirements of Robert G. Stone '45 and good ol' Charles P. Slichter '45, the Corporation will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: End the Monopoly On the Corporation | 10/1/1991 | See Source »

Then there is the matter of Gamsakhurdia's behavior during the tense days surrounding the Aug. 19 coup attempt. On Aug. 20 Interfax, an independent Soviet news service, reported that Gamsakhurdia had agreed to comply with Emergency Committee orders to disarm the Georgian National Guard. Gamsakhurdia dismisses the charge as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Paranoia Run Amuck | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

Beyond Mackay-Smith's office--cluttered with schedules of Orientation Week and notes for an impending meeting with proctors--the receptionist had already received a preview of things to come: one father (who admitted to sneaking into Strauss Hall before the September 6 opening date) had called to complain about...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Spicing Up First-Year With a Touch of Ginger | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Beyond Mackay-Smith's office--cluttered with schedules of Orientation Week and notes for an impending meeting with proctors--the receptionist had already received a preview of things to come: one father (who admitted to sneaking into Strauss Hall before the September 6 opening date) had called to complain about...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Spicing Up First Year With a Touch of Ginger | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

The biggest threat of all to the organization was contained in the impending union treaty: it would loosen Moscow Center's control of KGB units in the republics and affect sensitive issues like security budgets. By last winter some of the KGB's top officers were in the forefront of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shakeout: Blunt Sword, Dented Shield | 9/2/1991 | See Source »

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