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DIED. James Burnham, 81, pungent conservative columnist, author (The Managerial Revolution) and apostate Trotskyist who in 1955 became a founding editorial-board member of William F. Buckley's National Review; in Kent, Conn. The Chicago-born Burnham won renown for books (The Struggle for the World, The Coming Defeat of Communism) that warned of an inevitable U.S.-Soviet confrontation. In 1983 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
...civil servant, Robert Bork went on a spending spree in 1981. Flush with the promise of a partnership worth $400,000 annually in the Washington office of the firm of Kirkland & Ellis, Bork purchased a new BMW sedan and a $500,000 house in the District's fashionable Kent neighborhood. The day he moved into his new home, however, Attorney General William French Smith made him an offer he could not refuse: a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, at an $82,000 salary. It was clear, Bork later told friends, that...
...Andrew last year, Fergie arrived at Buckingham Palace with a large circle of partygoing friends and a relaxed, fun-loving demeanor. Di and Fergie made the papers at the annual Ascot races last month when, giggling, they prodded acquaintances from behind with their umbrellas. Later, when Princess Michael of Kent walked by, Diana reportedly greeted her with a wolf whistle...
...Second Team Hockey All-Ivy First Team ECAC Rookie of the Year Ivy Rookie of the Year Lacrosse All-Ivy Second Team Keith Kaplan '89 Swimming All-Ivy First Team Denise Katsias '89 Field Hockey All-Ivy Honorable Mention Barb Keffer '88 Basketball All-Ivy Honorable Mention Paul Kent '87 Indoor Track All-Ivy Second Team Outdoor Track All-Ivy First Team Carol Kirton '88 Outdoor Track All-Ivy First Team James Kornish '87 Swimming All-Ivy First Team Brita Lind '89 Hockey All-Ivy Second Team James Lutz '90 Swimming All-Ivy Second Team Nancy Lutz '90 Indoor Track...
...dissemination. His position, in short, was that one may and even should decide whether or not to allow a particular speech by examining the content of that speech. Prof. Kennedy was referring, in particular, to student efforts to interfere with a speech given by South African Vice Consul Duke Kent-Brown...