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Although a replacement for Heiskell will not be named until next year, Rosovsky said in an interview yesterday that he hopes the self-perpetuating governing body will select its first minority or female member...

Author: By Mark M. Colodny, | Title: Corporation Will Lose Member | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

...players -- North, Poindexter and retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord, whom the panel identifies as a principal conduit of supplies to the contras -- exercised their Fifth Amendment rights and refused to testify. Nevertheless, the report will serve as an essential point of reference for the congressional select committees investigating the scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Picture of Real Disarray | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...answers to these questions lie both in the lack of concerted action by students and the severe circumscription of their rights by administrators. The policy-making bodies remain the domain of a select few. Until both groups recognize the inherent rights of the student community, the Undergraduate Council will remain the anemic, ineffectual organization it is. Accomodating and unambitious council representatives regularly forego controversial confrontation and concentrate on the mundane tasks of doling out small sums of money to small student organizations. But the limits on its faculty charter and its status as a student extracurricular activity severely limit...

Author: By Joseph F K, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

...factors and issues involved in deciding a presidential election notwithstanding, voters ultimately tend to select the individual whose character and ideals they think are most suited to the challenges of the job. This is the first in a series of occasional TIME profiles that will attempt to give a sense of the personal characteristics and individual outlooks of the major potential 1988 contenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Is the Real George Bush? | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

...Jersey Democrat Bill Bradley: "It's like going to a movie without the stars. You only get to see the extras." Finally, the committee voted, 7 to 6, against releasing the report. Instead, the panel decided to work on the document and pass it on to the Senate select committee investigating the scandal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixed Blessing | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

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