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...Cross volunteer said yesterday that this week's Harvard blood drive so far has the "best turnout in the post-AIDS recognition...
...name a Hispanic to his Cabinet, making the replacement of the non-controversial Secretary doubly difficult. But Cavazos was probably Bush's top choice anyway. Even at the time of his original appointment in August, there was speculation that Bush had strongly pushed his longtime friend for the post and had vowed to keep...
Former Secretary Bennett, who left the department in September, used his post as a "bully pulpit" to rail against teachers, unions and university administrators -- a group he referred to as "the blob" -- for standing in the way of reform. This did not endear him to educators, and his relations with Congress were similarly frosty. Cavazos, on the other hand, has made an effort to build bridges during his two months in office. "The way I operate is to try to bring people together," he says...
...accusation was serious, especially considering its source. Frank McNamara, the U.S. Attorney in Boston, said he had seen his predecessor William Weld smoking marijuana at a Virginia wedding reception in 1982. The charge prompted a Justice Department investigation of Weld, who had become head of its criminal division, a post he resigned in March in protest against what he considered ethical lapses by then Attorney General Edwin Meese. Last week investigators concluded there was "no evidence whatsoever" to support McNamara's allegations about Weld...
...minimum, Labor wants the Defense post for Yitzhak Rabin, who held it in the previous government, and either Finance or the Foreign Ministry for Peres. Shamir would happily retain Rabin at Defense, but he has yet to offer Peres a major portfolio. Says a senior Likud member: "If Shamir gives Finance and Defense to Labor, he really gives up control of the government...