Word: obispo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looked like an old-fashioned college protest right out of the '60s. This demonstration, however, had a contemporary twist: more than 100 angry students at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo had marched into the president's office to demand a chance to buy Apple's Macintosh computer at a discount. The California manufacturer had been offering selected colleges its new machine, which retails for $2,495, for resale to students at a price of just over $1,000. Two dozen universities, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford, accepted Apple's terms, ordering more than...
...American West, most any plot of land big enough to graze a goat or nurture an apple tree is called a ranch. But by any standards, William Clark's 880-acre spread in California's San Luis Obispo County qualifies. His rolling land has few trees and is more of a barley than a cattle operation. It is surrounded by much larger ranches, which protect the judge's property from encroachment by commercial developers. His air and water are relatively clean...
...speaks slowly and has a deliberate gait, and somehow seems out of place in fast-talking Washington. His features often convey puzzled concentration, and he likes to foster the idea that he yearns to return to raise Herefords and barley on his 888-acre ranch in San Luis Obispo County, Calif, which is being run by his three oldest sons. Says one friend: "The aw-shucks style is a little...
...after he had promised to "take the politics" out of judicial appointments, Reagan named Clark a superior court judge in San Luis Obispo County without even consulting the local judicial committee. Reagan subsequently nominated him to the court of appeals and in 1972 to the prestigious state supreme court. Clark was an extremely conservative jurist, competent if not distinguished. Then, as now, he was willing to acknowledge his limitations and depend heavily on a good research staff...
Roger Reedy Jr San Luis Obispo, Calif...