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Goaded by Congress, the CIA declassified a report calling for more public access to officials and historical documents. A benefit of CIA glasnost: "We have persuaded reporters to postpone, change, hold or even scrap" many stories adverse to U.S. interests...
...want to make everyone happy, President Rudenstine, scrap the Mem Hall/Union plan and start raising money for a student center worthy of our University...
Some Congressmen say the time has come for the House to scrap the patronage system and hire a professional administrator to oversee its operations. Says Kansas Democrat Dan Glickman: "The House has grown . . . into a 13,000- employee, $875 billion-a-year operation, but it's managed the same way it was 100 years...
Some Western experts urge Russia to scrap the ruble altogether in favor of a new currency. Johns Hopkins' Hanke calls for creation of a "currency board," such as those used in Hong Kong and Singapore, that would circulate new cash and coins backed by dollars or other hard currency. The new Russian money would be as stable as the reserves behind it, Hanke argues, because holders could freely exchange their currency for whatever backed it up. The new money, he adds, would initially compete with the ruble but would soon drive out its rival...
...government shall be upon His shoulder. Scrap the short list. The search is over. We've found our provost. Attendance at faculty meetings will soar as delicacies and hors d'oeuvres appear at lunchtime gatherings...