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DIED. PHILIP W. BUCHEN, 85, scholarly lawyer and presidential adviser; in Washington. Buchen led a secret group in 1974 that spent three months developing a plan under which his old friend and law partner, Vice President Gerald Ford, would assume the presidency if Nixon were to resign. Ford had no idea the plan existed. Appointed counsel to the new President, Buchen advised him on the controversial Nixon pardon. "I could see that he had already made up his mind," Buchen said later, "and it was my job to find out how he could do it, rather than whether he should...
...years and was to return April 10-11. Phelan’s unanswered letter to Knowles of September 1999 and thoughtful additional comment from many other faculty were scheduled to be sent to the visiting committee on Friday, March 16. Instead, on March 15, when Knowles asked Phelan to resign as chair of the department, he also informed her that he had cancelled the visiting committee that had been invited to campus...
...Wall Street, the only solution may be to resign itself to the Washington - and the economic structure - that Bill Clinton left behind. Next year, in plenty of time for the 2002 elections, the economy will probably pick up nicely...
...chief-of-staff is facing media accusations of passing secrets to the Albanian rebels. The accusations sound a little far-fetched, and the government is supporting him, but the scandal is a symptom of the long-term problem. Only a month ago, the minister of defense was forced to resign over embezzlement charges. And that's just the most recent in an ongoing series of corruption cases, particularly in the security forces...
...rather than on the court. His off-Broadway one-man-show, entitled “Kazaam II: Shaq-Diesel Slams in the House,” will gross more money than any other off-Broadway show that starred a 320-pound NBA player in modern history. Phil Jackson will resign as head coach and the world will suddenly realize that Jerry Buss and Jerry West are actually Jerry Krause and Jerry Reinsdorf...