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...chairman of the largest U. S. bank admits it may never collect on major portions of its foreign debt. Citicorp will post a loss of $2.5 billion for the quarter, which may lessen to $1 billion for the year. -- Prosperity and controversy on the U. S.- Mexican border. -- Madison Avenue fights a new service tax. -- Want an oddball investment? Try baseball trading cards...
Toward the end of a year when sexual harassment became a well-publicized problem on the Princeton campus, the university's provost, Neil Rudenstine, late last month released a 99-page report assessing what the school should do to lessen the problem...
...result of a snail-like pace and the desire to lessen disagreements, the council has deferred important decisions on key issues--like rent control and regulating commercial growth--until next year, just when campaign rhetoric begins anew...
...absence of standout Paul Kent (who will return to the squad in the spring, outdoor season) weakens Harvard's distance running. Crimson Co-Captain Steve Abbey said that his long-distance runners are not established yet, but he hopes that some will emerge to lessen the impact of Kent's absence...
Public financing of congressional campaigns would not only open the field to candidates without big money connections, but also would lessen the significance of Political Action Committees and influential donors for those candidates who do rely on them. As in the public financing laws regulating presidential campaigns, such a measure would include matching funds provided by a checkoff on income tax returns and a cap on total expenditures...