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...showdown over that issue was surprisingly long in coming. Congress was in recess last August when Bush dispatched the first troops to Saudi Arabia, and the lawmakers had little to say in September and October when they were busy running for re-election. Only after the November elections, as Bush doubled U.S. troop strength and successfully pressed the U.N. to adopt its Jan. 15 ultimatum, did a few Senators and Representatives speak up. The urgency of participating in a major national decision finally came home last week as the 102nd Congress convened in Washington for the first time. Its members...
NOTEBOOK: Harvard travels to Princeton February 2 for what should be a showdown for the Ivy League title and an indicator of who will take Easterns. Much of the meet hinges on Princeton's freshman class, which boasts several talented swimmers. "I hear they're a great team. They've got an incredible freshman class and some of them are world-class," Bernal said. "So what else is new? That's what we expected and we wouldn't want it any other way." Crimson, 163-76 at Blodgett Pool...
Family values were smirkily skewered on the small screen, as Father No Longer Knew Best. Dysfunctional families were the rule, and the home was no longer a haven in a heartless world. In a Thursday-night video showdown, it was irony (The Simpsons) vs. earnestness (The Cosby Show), and irony took a bite out of earnestness...
...proposing the biggest acquisition in the brief history of the computer industry, offering to buy Dayton-based computer maker NCR for $6 billion. When NCR rejected the initial, friendly offer, its suitor shocked the business world once more by launching a hostile takeover attempt. In a face- to-face showdown with AT&T's board members in New York City, NCR management vowed to resist. But industry analysts generally believe that the big telecommunications firm will ultimately prevail, strengthening NCR in the long run. Says Maria Lewis of Shearson Lehman Bros.: "AT&T would make an ideal corporate parent." Still...
NOTEBOOK: Harvard will attempt to claim its second-straight Ivy League match with a 7 p.m. showdown with Brown in Providence tonight...