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...their pilgrimage to North Oaks. Despite the slightly imperious overtones of the summoning, it promises to be an ego trip for the invitees, who will bask in press attention and at least fleetingly enjoy the heady notion that he or she could be tapped for the nation's second-highest office. Walter Mondale, recalling his own trek to Plains, Ga., eight years ago, was following the same selection process that had taken him to the vice presidency and put him in a position to issue the invitations...
...Hampshire netminder Bruce Gillies is tied with Harvard's Grant Blair for the second-highest save percentage in the Ivy League (91.4 percent...
...Brien also explains Tosteson and Brooks six figure salaries--the first in the University's history by describing the men's skyrocketing market value. "At every University in the country, the dean of the medical school is probably the highest or second-highest paid person. If Harvard wants to be one of the top universities in the country you've got to compete...
...Petroleum Alaska Exploration. Their bid for that choice tract far outstripped the $129 million offered by Exxon and Marathon Oil, which was bought in March by U.S. Steel. Another group led by Texaco, which is seeking to increase its holdings in the Prudhoe Bay region, weighed in with the second-highest successful bid for a tract near the Sohio purchase: $219 million...
...Neill starts tonight with an almost clean slate. Though he has held the second-highest positions in the Common-wealth for eight years, he has never had to make a major policy decision. With the lowest budget of any of the three, he has not been able to run as big a media campaign as his opponents. King has since January sponsored $400,000 in television and runs while Dukakis has run radio ads. Since O'Neill has not yet taken to the airwaves, the debates present his first opportunity to address a mass audience...