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...from Khomeini's Shi'ite Muslim fanaticism; most of the gulf rulers are Sunni Muslims presiding over nations with Shi'ite minorities that may be susceptible to the Ayatullah's political influence. For most of the gulf states, it is a no-win situation; an outright victory by either Iraq or Iran would create a too powerful neighbor, while a protracted stalemate could build pressure to expand the conflict...
...that they conformed with Core rules. The subcommittees frequently returned proposals to professors for revision. When a subcommittee found a course idea to its liking, it passed it along to the Core standing committee, which often sent proposals back to the subcommittees for reworking and occasionally rejected ideas outright. In the first year, for example, when the standing committee approved 85 courses, it gave the thumbs-down to about...
Heller: What budget cuts has Reagan specified? None except the elimination of waste, extravagance, abuse and outright fraud. I call those the four horsemen of the budget apocalypse. Actually, they are tired old nags that have been trotted out by every presidential challenger. No more than $4 billion could be saved that way. Until Reagan gives us chapter and verse on what programs he will cut and by how much, his balanced-budget pledge is no more than a pious hope. It's a little cruel to call this voodoo economics, as George Bush apparently...
...next eight years Bryant was head coach at the University of Kentucky. In 1950 the school won its only outright championship of the Southeastern Conference. He was demanding. All-America Quarterback Babe Parilli, who later played with the Boston Patriots, recalls preseason training camps that began at 5:30 a.m. with orange juice and proceeded to head-on tackling drills at 6 a.m. He also remembers Bryant's coming into his hospital room the day after Parilli underwent surgery and throwing a stack of new plays on the bed. The plays were designed to let Parilli stand back...
...political landscape. Moore openly admits that he would prefer that it receive no publicity at all: "The likelihood of its being used, of the scholarship being translated into action, is increased if the whole thing is kept quiet." He adds, however, that the project "has never been an outright secret." If one of the two challengers wins in November, the IOP will send him the study, but if Carter prevails, the report will remain at the IOP and will be used for further research within the K-School Moore says. Copies are not made available to the public...