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PRESIDENT Derek Bok's "Statement on Neutrality and the Union Election" may not address the real issues involved in Harvard's anti-union campaign, but the way he presented it to The Crimson says it all. While the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has paid for every single inch of advertising space on the pages of The Crimson, Bok asked to print his letter free of charge, as an open letter to students...
...much had France paid for its citizens' freedom, both to Iran, which brokered the release, and to Islamic Jihad? Interior Minister Charles Pasqua insisted that "not a franc, not a dollar, not a deutsche mark" was rendered. But another French official said the Iranians were interested in re- establishing diplomatic relations, which were broken last summer. They also wanted repayment of a $1 billion loan made to France in 1974, which they argue has appreciated considerably because of accrued interest. France has so far paid back $660 million...
...allow him to coach the next game (on the basis that the suspension without a hearing violated his due process rights). Then the on-ice officials, who have complained of a lack of league support in the past, refused to work the game, and eventually amateur refs--including two paid employees of the New Jersey Devils' organization--did the game. Through this whole farce, NHL boss John Ziegler was nowhere to be found. Oh yeah, the Devils won the game to tie up this semifinal round series...
Beyond the whimsy, serious prices were paid for Warhol's elegant furniture and glistening jewels. During the art-deco sale, a dealer shelled out $418,000 for a pair of circa-1920 console tables designed by French Craftsman Pierre Legrain, a record for his work. Heart-shaped ruby-and-diamond earclips signed by Salvador Dali fetched $55,000. Sotheby's termed Warhol's collection of more than sixty 18th and 19th century chairs, tables, beds, mirrors, desks, sewing tables -- and even a doorway -- "the most important offering of American classical and Federal furniture to be sold at auction in many...
...Japanese program began modestly after World War II as reparations paid to Southeast Asian countries ravaged by the Imperial Army. In the 1960s, admits a Japanese official, "loan aid was primarily aimed at promoting exports and securing raw materials." Only by the 1970s did much of Japan's aid begin to flow into loans and grants for such projects as port facilities in the Philippines, highways in Indonesia and hospitals in Bolivia...