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Strauss's call for early elections sent shivers of fear through the Free Democrats. Genscher had repeatedly stressed to Kohl that he needed time to repair the damage to his party's popularity and that a rush to new elections could prove fatal. The respected Allensbach Institute produced a snap poll last week showing that popular support for the Free Democrats had dropped to 2.3%, a precipitous decline from the 10.6% they won in the 1980 national elections. According to the West German constitution, a party must get at least 5% of the vote to be represented...
Regardless of who may be at fault, however, a tour of the closed gym reveals a potentially costly repair job, which Horner says she will demand so that the gym be restored to its previous condition...
...Fund to a Black attorney, and his opposition to Black student associations on predominantly white campuses." Colleagues and law professors jumped to Greenberg's defense, and he denied the charges levelled by the law students. The students' belated attempt to deemphasize their initial criticisms of Greenberg did little to repair the damage done to their other, broader arguments about hiring practices. The controversy' remains unresolved as the fall term begins...
...project in Harvard's history will be finished on schedule. At Lowell House and Winthrop House, for example, workmen were supposed to be packing their tools by last week, but huge swatches of scaffolding and signs warning. "Danger: Hard Hats Required," remained up through the weekend. The $40 million repair jobs include extensive interior repairs as well as exterior structural work...
...school decided to put in new structural supports in addition to replacing all of the seats. Like other buildings, the stadium had not received the attention it needed earlier because of a recently abandoned policy of "deferred maintenance," under which the University had forgone all but the most dire repair jobs. Safety and ever-increasing construction costs persuaded officials to end the postponements and get on with the inevitable...