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Defeat him through the exercise of your own rights to free speech. Make noise. Shout to the world the nature of Mobuto's disgraces against human decency and dignity. Deprive him of the respectability he hopes to obtain. Make it clear that when he speaks at Harvard he taints the honor of Harvard. In short, make him uncomfortable, but don't be offensive...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Peace at Any Price? | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...modest fee, a prospective college student can contact our headquarters (which will be my room, although we will not in any way be affiliated with the University, Really.) and obtain the real dirt on the colleges they're applying to. Then everything will be fair. Colleges can decide how much to charge students. and students can decide whether or not the colleges are worth...

Author: By Beckie Sherman, | Title: Son of Student Aid Services | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...panel also planned today to question Donald Maron, chief executive officer of Paine Webber, about the company's dealings with HUD. Wilson went to work for Paine Webber after leaving HUD and helped the company obtain HUD business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Top HUD Aide Takes Fifth | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

After leaving the agency, Wilson invested in several projects that received lucrative subsidies from HUD and helped his employer, Paine Webber, obtain business with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Top HUD Aide Takes Fifth | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

...include iron ore, manganese, bauxite, copper and nickel. The principal iron-ore mine began production in 1985, and its operation has little impact on the forest. The problem, however, is the smelters that convert the ore into pig iron. They are powered by charcoal, and the cheapest way to obtain it is by chopping down the surrounding forests and burning the trees. Environmentalists fear that Grande Carajas will repeat the dismal experience of the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, where pig-iron production consumed nearly two-thirds of the state's forests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Playing with Fire | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

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