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...passengers were fraternity members and "rushees" traveling to Randolph-Macon Women's College. Libby Wilson, a spokesman for the UVA information services, said the fraternities started using U-Hauls for frequent "rolls" to women's colleges, but that most have discontinued the practice...
...joint House of Representatives committee held hearings on this question two weeks ago but came up with few suggestions. The problem was recognized, but no plan of action proscribed. Meanwhile, Carol Randolph of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) anticipates no action by the NAB to organize a nationwide standard. Congress, however, is now considering a bill that calls for a uniform poll closing time across the country. If polls were shut at 10 p.m. EST in New York, they would close at 7 p.m. PST in California...
...guilty plea, the Justice Department agreed not to prosecute Richmond for an array of other possible crimes, including ordering his staff to buy him cocaine, receiving an ille gal $100,000 annual pension from Walco and helping find a job as a mailroom clerk in the House for Earl Randolph, a fugitive who had been serving an 18-year term for aggravated assault in Massachusetts. After leaving the House job, Randolph was arrested for male prostitution by an undercover police officer, who then discov ered Randolph was an escaped convict...
Winston inherited from his father Randolph a gift for contentious politics and the tactics to prevail. Winston's beautiful American mother, née Jennie Jerome, provided another legacy: absolute self-absorption. By one account, she took 200 lovers, and after Randolph's early death from syphilis married a former Scots Guardsman 16 days older than her son. As a boy, Winston made few friends at Harrow or Sandhurst, but his self-confidence remained unshaken. At 32, the young Under Secretary of the Colonial Office stated, "We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glowworm...
...Except for a few projects for which he takes direct responsibility--like faculty appointments--he says he is content to make sure things are running smoothly under other's direction. "He does rely a great deal on his staff to manage their areas of responsibility," says special assistant Nancy Randolph. But she says Bok would not hesitate to intervene if a policy goes awry. In general however Randolph says her boss's philosophy is that "decisions should be made by people most involved and not be heavy handed decisions coming down from...