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...Neill attempted to block the choice, preferring a liberal Democrat for the job. Ironically, Penner's calls for tax increases have been putting him at odds with White House policy and rankling a few congressional Republicans. After Penner advocated higher taxes at an American Enterprise Institute luncheon in June, a reporter asked him, "How can you hope to have a chance at that CBO job when you say things like that?" Snapped Penner: "I refuse to run a campaign for the job. All I can do is say what I think and not worry about...
...ticket. His speeches were interrupted by chants of "Run, Jesse, run." Delegates sported buttons with Jackson's face and the I AM SOMEBODY tag line he coined and made famous. "If not now, when?" demanded Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind., in a luncheon address. "If not Jesse Jackson...
...Barrett about the "pilfered" Carter debate book but conceded that he boasted on the very day of the debate about having used it. In a story buried on page 15 of the Elkhart, Ind., Truth newspaper, Stockman, then a Congressman from Michigan, was reported to have told a luncheon audience in Cassopolis, Mich., just what Carter would say in the debate and how Reagan would answer. He was quoted as saying he had used a "pilfered copy of the briefing book" to rehearse Reagan. Stockman pointed out last week, "If I was talking about it openly back then, I couldn...
...those of the majority of Black students at Harvard, it should be pointed out that hundreds of supportive Black and other students (and staff) turned out to pay their respects to Diana Ross and Sugar Ray Leonard. The Foundation literally had to turn away scores of students from the luncheon reception because of the lack of space...
...massive, multiracial student turnout and spontaneous exhibition of admiration clearly justify the Leonard/Ross visits and prove that they did more to help Harvard's race relations than so hurt them. Ms. Ross, a gracious, intelligent international star, heard some 60 students at a South House luncheon individually express their fondness for her and explain the significance of her music to their lives. She expressed reciprocal fondness for the warmth of the Harvard admirers and deep appreciation for the Harvard Foundation's recognition. Mr. Leonard, the second prize fighter to visit Harvard in the last decade, was equally gracious and appealing...