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...only found out about the 50 percent clause after I voted I tried to retract my vote but couldn't," he said Thursday, adding, "I'm hoping that a new election is called or at least the next time an election is held all rules will be put down so that people won't be railroaded...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: When 'No' Meant 'Yes' | 3/20/1982 | See Source »

...Corporation first moved to retract this concession after being forced to divest $50 million in Citibank debt securities following the announcement of the bank's participation in a consortium loan to South Africa in September 1980. Much to the Corporation's dismay, Harvard's commendable action received unexpectedly widespread press coverage and proved highly embarrassing to Citibank and the South African regime. Soon after, Citibank dispatched a representative to consult with the Corporation and lobby University officials to relax their present policy. The Corporation responded by applying pressure on the ACSR to approve the repeal of the 1978 concession...

Author: By Patrick Flaherty, | Title: Divestiture: The Corporation Breaks Its Promise | 3/3/1982 | See Source »

...away on national defense without sending a message to the world that would be very unwise." As for the supply-side tax cut: "To abandon our tax policy now would be to give up the very fundamental thing that is required to expand our economy." He thus seemed to retract some of the flexibility suggested by Budget Director David Stockman in testimony to the House Budget Committee two days earlier. Stockman rejected proposals that the Pentagon budget could be cut by more than $20 billion, but he gave no direct answer when asked about the feasibility of a $10 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Budget That Will Barely Budge | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...would be to repeal most of last year's largesse. Some legislators, appalled at their handiwork, are talking of doing just that. Says Rhode Island Republican John Chafee, a member of the Senate Finance Committee: "I think we've got to step in and either delay or retract some of those tax cuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stewing in Its Own Largesse | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee said that his paper did not immediately plan to retract. He did not argue that the Post knew for sure that Blair House had been bugged, but insisted that certain people (unnamed) had claimed that it was. Said Bradlee: "There were 20 people who said it before we ran it. I know what we said was true." McClellan contended that the Carters "know perfectly well it is true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boxing The Ear | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

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