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Those four were among a group of 16 business and economic experts Carter summoned to Plains last week for a four-hour brainstorming session. The Commerce Secretary and the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, as well as several lesser economic officials, may also come from this select 16-who had the potentially unnerving experience of offering their views in one another's presence even as Carter studied them to help determine his final choices...
...racquets on the screen. By twiddling their control knobs, players can drive, volley and angle shots without sweat or risk to tendon. Fast reflexes are demanded, however. As the game progresses, some units automatically speed up the ball; others allow the players to set the pace as well as select the length of game (from 2 to 20 minutes). The screen keeps score. Pong and other games emit an exultant plonk! or ping! when the player smites the ball (losers supply their own Nastase noises). They can also be used for squash and handball. In the ticktacktoe game...
...Price, dean of the Kennedy School, said yesterday that he has not yet begun the selection process to find an occupant for the chair but added that "the gift provides this school with the freedom to select the professor who can make the greatest contribution to teaching future public officials in this important field...
...report is the result of a year's work by the governor's Select Committee on Judicial Needs, headed...
...academies voted overwhelmingly to select Guillen, Marichal said. Even Argentina, the birthplace of Jorge Luis Borges, the other major candidate for the prize, voted for Guillen...