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...Washington, Rudenstine met with U.S. Sen.Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), the chair of the SenateCommerce, Science and Transportation Committee,and with several members of the national media inorder to make the case for continued federalsupport of scientific research...
...Many may be stunned by our decision to cut back so drastically over the next five years," says Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S-D). chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. "The benefits of smaller projects over mega-projects are clear...
Although Rudenstine said the pressured Pressler "fairly hard" regarding reductions in research funding, Rudenstine has no doubt about what will happen to the University's federal science funding...
...Benazir Bhuttothat he will try to ease sanctions against her country. In a White House meeting,Bhuttocomplained to Clinton that her government has paid the U.S. more than $600 million for a shipment of fighter jets, both of which the U.S. kept after Pakistan developed anuclear weaponscapability. Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), chief sponsor of the sanctions, insists that Congress must hold firm because Pakistan has nuclear bombs. Bhutto maintains that Pakistan has not built any nuclear weapons...
Daunted, perhaps, by critics brandishing the words witch-hunt and McCarthyism, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Larry Pressler withdrew portions of a questionnaire he had sent to National Public Radio asking, among other things, about the ethnicity and possible political leanings of employees. Pressler, a foe of federal financing of public broadcasting, said he had merely wanted to get a fuller picture of the organization...