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After several liberals rose to condemn the plan as dictatorial, Gorbachev took to the podium. Banging the lectern with his palm, his face scarlet with determination, he expressed his exasperation with those who dawdled while the economy went up in flames. "We're in a very dangerous situation," he said. "Let's not kid ourselves . . . I ask you for the authority to act." He finished to whoops of applause punctuated with shouts of "Let's do it!" There was no quorum in the hall, so no vote could be taken. But given the enthusiastic response to Gorbachev's oration...
...President persisted in his crusade for a constitutional amendment to prohibit defacement of the American flag, despite the measure's failure last week to win the required two-thirds majority in the House. During a fund- raising speech for Senator Jesse Helms in Charlotte, N.C., Bush uncharacteristically thumped the lectern and vowed, "I will fight for that amendment!" Republican strategists concede that public interest in the two- year-old flag issue is fading, yet they promise to hook it to a life- support system: negative TV ads in the election campaign...
...lecture hall in Emerson was full of people shuffling fellowship schedules and recommendation forms. the advisor was at the lectern, telling us about travelling fellowships and the awards given last year. One person had gone to a village in Greece, another was looking at playgrounds in northern Europe. She was taking questions. How many recommendations do you need? How long are the essays? Who nominates you? Near the back, a dark haired guy in a t-shirt and black boots raised his hand...
...leader of the Lithuanian Communist Party offered a gloom-and-doom scenario of what lay ahead for the breakaway Baltic republic in the aftermath of President Mikhail Gorbachev's decision to cut back drastically on oil and gas shipments. "Understand me correctly," said Brazauskas, leaning on the blond wood lectern. "I have never tried to frighten anyone or spread panic. We have to speak about things as they...
Part of the reason for the current tenure debate is the 1986 federal law that eliminates mandatory retirement at age 70. The prospect of elderly -- and high-salaried -- professors hanging on until they drop at the lectern has some cost-conscious administrators worried. "With the uncapping of retirement, tenure becomes a guarantee of lifetime work," says James Vinson, president of the University of Evansville in Indiana. Many schools have begun to nudge older professors out the door with a variety of enticements. Johns Hopkins University decided three years ago to increase the basic pension payments of departing 65-year-olds...