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From Architect John Burgee's pleasant new wooden Liberty Island pier, the trip over to Ellis Island takes just five minutes. The anxious immigrant's view toward Liberty must have been a bit ominous: the perspective from Ellis is of the statue's back, her cold shoulder. Of the 17 million who disembarked there, some 300,000 were deported, deemed medically or politically unfit to become Americans. Given the mass of people who passed through, though, Ellis Island's history is humane: 80% who arrived were in and out within a few hours. Yet today, roaming the decrepit, shadowy, once...
...communications equipment, would be released in installments if the President certifies--and a congressional panel concurs --that peace negotiations were stalemated. In addition, unspecified "heavy weapons" included in the package cannot be delivered until February of next year. Though the Pentagon has not provided details, these weapons may include shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles...
...included Stinger antiaircraft missiles, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and Harpoon antiship missiles. The House of Representatives also opposed the sale, by a vote of 356 to 62. Reagan vetoed the congressional resolution but cut from the package another $89 million worth of Stingers after opponents charged that the shoulder-fired weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists and be used for shooting down airliners. But at that point the President began to lobby hard to turn the vote around. During a White House breakfast for 60 Senators last week, he declared that the sale was a matter...
...days before coeducational residency, women searching for a niche in the Harvard community had to shoulder extra burdens. One active female member of Students for a Democratic Society remembers the paradox of trying to participate in a group predicated on "participatory democracy" at a school where men and women lived apart...
...office with a memorandum. "What's wrong with your collar?" asks the Governor. The tips of Burgos' collar are pointed up like butterfly wings. "Come here," orders Cuomo. The Governor reaches into his desk, takes out a paper clip and twists it. He then puts a hand on Burgos' shoulder, lifts up his collar and inserts the paper clip so that it acts as a collar stay. Same thing on the other side. "Balancing the budget was easy," says a deadpan Cuomo as he smooths down his aide's collar. "This was hard...