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...consciences. The public's only real influence on the high court comes through its power to elect Presidents, who appoint the Justices, and Senators, who confirm them. Once a Justice enters the court's sanctum, he can stay for life.* The high court that begins its traditional nine-month term this week is a gerontocracy: five of the nine Justices are 75 or older. Not since Franklin Roosevelt railed against the Nine Old Men almost 50 years ago have the Justices been so aged...
DeVries had grown frustrated by the nine-month delay in getting a go-ahead from the Utah medical center for a second implant. Said DeVries: "I'm tired of having patients die while trying to cut through red tape." He expects the ethical-review process to be speedier in Kentucky, but there will still be some red tape to get through. The Utah unit was the only one in the country with authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to perform artificial-heart surgery. Now the Humana institute must obtain the same approval...
Miller, who will receive a master's degree in public administration next month, will work under Assistant Dean and Director of the MPA program Mary Jane England to recruit students to the program, a nine-month course of study for professionals working in public policy areas...
Mergers do not inevitably mean unfriendly takeovers. Last week Royal Dutch/Shell Group (1983 nine-month revenues: $60.7 billion), the mammoth British and Dutch energy producer, sought to buy out minority owners of its Houston-based Shell Oil subsidiary. Royal Dutch offered $55 a share, or $5.2 billion, for the approximately 30% of the U.S. firm that it does not already own. Said Sir Peter Baxendell, Royal Dutch senior executive: "This will enable us to invest and operate within the U.S. and abroad without any obstructions that might result from the presence of minority shareholders...
Reagan will soon be 74 years old, and while his stay in the White House has seemingly left him healthier than ever, he must realize what a strain a protracted nine-month campaign would be on him and Nancy...