Word: regents
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...people of Princeton are going to have a lot of work to do," remarked University of Michigan Regent Thomas Roach last week. His comment came on hearing that Michigan President Harold Shapiro, renowned for his 15-hour workdays, would succeed William Bowen next January as Princeton's 18th president. An economist by training (Ph.D., Princeton '64) and a genial if demanding manager by reputation, Shapiro, 51, lifted Michigan in seven years from financial crisis to a prosperous institution loaded with new research facilities. Although guarded about an agenda for his new job, Shapiro, who will be Princeton's first Jewish...
Because Mandela is imprisoned in South Africa and cannot attend commencement exercises, awarding the degree to him caused much debate among the regent, who said their decision to award the degree was unconnected to recent anti-racist protests. The Daily reported...
Round and round the sea turtles paddle. They have lived in a tank in London's Regent's Park Zoo for 30 years. Considering that sad history, their cramped conditions and their vast life expectancies, it would be easy to see them --especially in a bad movie--as symbols of futility...
...billion pension fund to get rid of $700 million invested with companies that deal with South Africa. He vowed to replace any pension fund commissioner who failed to carry out his directive. At the state level, Republican Governor George Deukmejian, who is also a University of California regent, did not commit himself to support a divestment either from state pension funds or from the university. But he gave divestment advocates hope, saying, "The divestment method might be a very effective tool in helping to correct the racial oppression that exists in South Africa...
...which CAB-regulated carriers were an exclusive and protected club. Since Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, the number of interstate airlines has increased from 36 to 125. They range from no-frills discounters like People Express, the fastest-growing company in aviation history, to tiny Regent Air, which plies its passengers on flights from Los Angeles to Newark with caviar, lobster and French champagne. Not all of them have been profitable. Old and new carriers, including Braniff and Air Florida, went bankrupt by expanding routes too fast. Said Daryl Wyckoff, a professor of transportation at Harvard Business...