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Allison has since termed the decision "a mistake," but he strongly defends the school's extensive contacts with government. "A professional school must retain strong connections with the policy community, while recognizing that such relationships pose risks. I believe we have successfully avoided any actual subversion," he says...
...will shed its nonfood division, the Specialty Retailing Group, which accounts for 6% of the company's $3.67 billion in sales. Acting on the same impulse, Northbrook, Ill.-based Dart & Kraft (1985 sales: $9.9 billion) had previously announced that it would split into two companies. The Kraft portion will retain its name and virtually all of the food lines, including processed cheeses and salad dressings. The other, still unnamed firm will make Tupperware and electrical appliances. And Chicago's Beatrice Foods (1985 sales: $11.8 billion) has agreed to sell some $2.5 billion worth of subsidiaries, including Playtex intimate apparel...
...Washington press conference last week, Curran insisted that the church, not he, "ultimately should change its teachings" and vowed to fight to retain his position at the university. Archbishop James Hickey of Washington, the chancellor of the university, has set a Sept. 1 deadline for Curran to decide whether to appeal through the school's own grievance procedures...
...supporters who won election as delegates to county conventions, much better than anyone would have expected even a few months ago from a preacher little known outside the ranks of Evangelicals. In doing so, he forced George Bush, Michigan's nominal winner, to make a costly effort to retain his status as front runner far earlier than the Vice President had intended. He also denied Congressman Jack Kemp the chance Kemp sought to emerge as the clear alternative to Bush...
...become editor and publisher of the News after her husband's death in 1971. Fanning journeyed to Sacramento to ask C.K. McClatchy, whose chain of newspapers now numbers a dozen, for a tide-over investment. Instead, McClatchy bought the News by assuming its debts, while letting Fanning retain a 20% interest. Then McClatchy dispatched a 21-member team of business and editorial pros from his Modesto Bee to spend four months trying to pump life into his new purchase...