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Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner said that the University was undecided about whether it would sign an "anti-obscenity" pledge to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. An amendment, proposed by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and passed by Congress last year, requires all...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: While You Were Away . . . | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

Steiner said the University has not yet signed the pledge, but he said that Harvard--which receives $200,000 annually from the NEA--would not rule that possibility out. Similarly, officials at the American Repertory Theatre said that the theatre will not decide whether to accept or reject about $18...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: While You Were Away . . . | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

Rather than initiate a military conflict, the U.S. and its allies hope to resolve the crisis by bolstering the embargo's effectiveness. This could be accomplished by warning Jordan that if it does not stop supplies from reaching Iraq through its port at Aqaba, the U.S. will stop shipments from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Gathering Storm | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

President Bush fared better on other fronts in his campaign to muster as much global support as possible. The major powers of Europe, in an unprecedented display of cohesion, voted collectively to send more warships to the trouble zone, a decision that will bring the strength of the international armada...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: The Center Holds - for Now | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

A. Well, finally. Obviously the choice he had was keeping a pledge that was absolutely unrealistic and seeing the country go down the tubes, or do something and see the economy strengthened. That's no choice at all.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Rudman: The Iconoclast Of Capitol Hill | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

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