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...call for Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility to begin immediate investigations into whether Harvard should rid itself of its Texaco holdings--a process that usually begins with a letter of concern sent to the corporation in question. We would like to see such a letter sent within the next month, if at all possible. We must stop just short of calling for immediate divestment because decisions of this magnitude must not be made rashly, but at this point we feel the onus is on Harvard to demonstrate to the community as soon as possible why it should not sell...
Glad, he thinks, to be rid of his strict mother and living a largely undisciplined life with his feckless father, Ellroy grows addicted to crime stories: "Every book I read was a twisted homage to her. Every mystery solved was my love for her in ellipses." When his father dies, the still underage son goes into a long tailspin: alcohol, drugs, sleeping in public parks, petty burglaries, time in county jails. Miraculously, he rights himself and becomes a published writer. "I was hot to ascend," he says. "Ascension meant two things. I had to write a great crime novel...
Both sides filed lawsuits Wednesday over the measure: proponents to get it into effect, opponents to get rid of it as unconstitutional, according to the Associated Press...
...Federico Pena earned demerits for going to bat for ValuJet in the days immediately after its passenger jet crashed in the Everglades, but might stay in the job if Bill Daley, brother of Chicago mayor Richard Daley, doesn't get it. The White House reportedly would like to get rid of Janet Reno, but the highly popular attorney general would be difficult to fire. In addition, Robert Rubin at Treasury and CIA Director John Deutch may be shuffled into new jobs after today's resignations...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'm for anything that gets rid of affirmative action...