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...opportunity with Gov. Michael S. Dukakis Tuesday, legislators and hockey players milled about the governor's cramped office trying to make conversation. State Representaive Robert A. Havern '72 (D-Arlinton), a former Crimson center who played under Coach Bill Cleary, said, "I can't wait to see the governor shake hands with Billy--you know his politics, 20 steps to the right of Attila the Hun." During the 10-minute meeting, there was no discussion of politics, and the session went without incident...
...going over [to the State House] just to shake [Dukakis'] hand," said Walsh. "I'll tell him, `We're not going to pay you unless...
...Andreeva remains unchastened. In response to questions from TIME, she repeated the most frequently heard popular criticism of perestroika -- namely, that it is responsible for "a deterioration in food and other supplies, inflation ((and)) disruption of the financial system." She openly questioned whether Gorbachev's metaphorical proposal to "shake down the old trees" is compatible with true socialism...
...Gorbachev has outmaneuvered his critics within the party hierarchy. His control of the media means that, even under glasnost, opposition to perestroika gets limited voice. Yet by now it is clear that unless Gorbachev can inspire widespread public support for the reform process -- no sure thing -- his attempt to shake down the old trees will be truncated before it has a chance to grow...
...even begin such a serious approach to total fitness, we have to shake many of the often-empty symbols of the fitness craze, as well as a lot of our traditional dietary habits. Statistics reveal that most American diets consist of nearly 30 to 40 percent fat, and are loaded with high cholesterol foods...