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...Reagan named 645 judges, a large proportion of them white, male and conservative. One of his three appointments to the California Supreme Court, that of William P. Clark, brought some hoots of derision because Clark was a former Reagan aide and had a poor academic record. Yet, with his prior judicial experience and the support of a topflight staff, he has ended up serving capably. By and large, most experts give Reagan reasonably high marks for his appointments and say that he used judgeships as political payoffs less often than either Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown or Jerry Brown, the father...
...cost of crude oil with a system of regular quarterly price hikes that would be tied to the level of inflation in industrialized nations. The Saudis are also anxious to return to a unified OPEC oil price. Since last July, rates have ranged from $28 to $37 per bbl. Prior to the meeting, the Saudis hinted that they would be willing to cut their production from 9.5 million bbl. per day to 8.5 million, if agreement could be reached on a unified price. This would have eliminated the current world glut of oil that has been pushing down the price...
...Just prior to the St. Louis tally, Gregg almost put the ball in the net and herself out of commission, when she met the ball, the goalpost and Polar Bear goaltender Cathy Leitch all at the same time. Both players were shaken up a bit, and Gregg sustained a minor shoulder injury, but stayed in the game to register the Crimson's second goal...
Left to fill the position are three freshmen, Ann Diamond, Susan Newell and Patty Muldowney, and a junior, Dana Warren, who has never played soccer at Harvard prior to this season...
...humiliation, the Party Leader was forced in a nationally televised speech to praise "those comrades who perceived earlier the growing irregularities and tried to counteract them, and whose voice we did not heed in time." Though there was no hard evidence, Warsaw officials indicated that on two occasions prior to the Central Committee meeting, Gierek had met with some Soviet leaders...