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...simply--as other critics have suggested--a lack of talent and maturity on the squad? What can a bunch of college-age kids hope to accomplish against two-dozen hardened Soviets, many of whom are in their middle 20's and have skated for years on Soviet select teams...
...none of them will ever see the CIA art. The amount of money involved is similarly secret, because that would reveal the extent of the construction plans. But the CIA wants to make sure that no bad choices are made. So it has asked the General Services Administration to select...
...Hampshire, leading up to primary night, the AARP mailed out 250,000 pieces of literature detailing the candidates' positions on Social Security, long-term health care and other incendiary issues. One booklet was called You Can Select the President -- a brash enough claim, until you consider that in 1984 a total of 101,000 Democrats voted in the primary and that the AARP has 145,000 members in New Hampshire alone. A $250,000 television ad campaign aims to get out the gray vote. "The old folks," says Political Consultant Thomas Kiley, "are showing more political muscle in this election...
Last spring, several undergraduate organizations led by divestment activists conducted a campus-wide petition drive to insist that the University's chief governing body hold an open meeting between students and Corporation members. The even-man body rejected the request but agreed to a closed meeting with a select group of council members and house committee chairmen...
...third section type, Sarkisian said, students will select about five classmates and meet with them without the direct guidance of a teaching fellow. Ruttiman will have extra office hours open only to these students, and members of the independent sections invite him to attend some of their meetings, she said...