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...well be the first to reach the high court because it is the furthest along in the federal appeals process. Last year a federal district court struck down provisions requiring a 24-hour waiting period, notification of the husband, and a state- sanctioned lecture from a doctor about the pros and cons of abortion. But the Pennsylvania law may not be the ideal test case for Roe. Reason: it focuses on procedural stumbling blocks to abortion rather than decreeing an outright ban, and could thus allow the court to skirt the constitutional issues...
Next season deLone and Henikoff will travel to Taiwan to try their luck on the professional doubles tennis circuit. Henikoff says that if she and deLone can win enough rounds of tennis in the pros, the duo would be eligible for the Virginia Slims and U.S. Open...
...first stab at leadership, and whether he could have done so during a second time around had remained open to question. "Computerji," as he became known, long ago found that he and his privileged circle of technology lovers were not equal to the task of budging old-line party pros and the bureaucracy-infested Industrial Raj. As columnist Sunanda Datta-Ray remarked in the Statesman of Calcutta last week, "He faltered at least partly because he was a young man in a hurry, because he lacked the conceptual framework and the experience to match his vision." His later years...
...frequent TV commentator and counts show-biz entertainers like Frank Sinatra and Dionne Warwick among his friends. His total earnings are estimated at $500,000 a year. Despite his wealth, there is talk every year -- and especially this year -- that Tarkanian is considering a move to the pros. With the NCAA continuing to pursue what Tarkanian calls its "vendetta" against him, the National Basketball Association might be a very attractive option. But close acquaintances say such a move at the moment is unlikely. Even with tournament suspension looming in 1992, the Shark hasn't finished being the biggest prowler...
...Faculty sat in serious assembly and debated the pros and cons of Professor of Government Joseph S. Nye's proposals regarding internationalization, my mind drifted back three hours to an international event, right here in Harvard Yard...