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...thechanges reflect the long-term goals of theathletic department. "This has been a long-termproject on the part of the department, in terms oftrying to develop a program which would improvewomen's athletics," said Dean of the College L.Fred Jewett '57. "It's not something that's justcome up overnight...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: New Plan Bolsters Women's Sports | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

Clinton edited the second draft overnight and began practicing the speech Wednesday afternoon. More changes were made as Clinton practiced for top aides and a video crew in the small theater in the East Wing. He would cut and add new material off the top of his head as he talked, while aides tried to write it all down nearby. After three dry runs, his wife, dressed in a blue sweatsuit, walked in to listen. When he reached the part about choosing a "talented navigator" with "a rigorous mind" and "a caring heart," both Clintons burst out laughing. "Oh please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picture of Health | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

Austin W. So '96, a member of the KoreanStudents Association who worked on the ethnicstudies effort, said he did not expect to seequick results. "There has been a lot of progressmade," So said. "I didn't expect Harvard with itslong-standing traditions to change overnight...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: Ethnic Studies Changes Possible | 9/17/1993 | See Source »

...obsessed with following the rules and staying within their budget that they never try to measure how well -- or if -- they serve the public. Gore and Clinton will insist that they commit themselves to specific performance standards and will suggest some -- for instance, that the Postal Service guarantee overnight delivery of all first- class local mail. Good idea -- but how to make sure such goals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorezilla Zaps the System | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

...Post, tells of an operation against a Washington-based KGB officer who was trying to recruit a Pentagon employee. As the Soviet official slept, FBI agents stole his car to plant a bug in it. To avoid suspicion, they put an identical car in the official's parking space overnight. They also made sure that the replacement odometer's mileage read exactly the same as that of the real car. Meanwhile, the KGB car's odometer was temporarily removed to keep it from registering miles the Soviet would not be able to account for. Within three hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fun and Games with the KGB | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

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