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...Board of Overseers is the less powerful of Harvard's two governing boards. The board, which meet about six times per year, consists of 30 members, elected by alumni for six-year terms...
Then came the fateful Miss Black America pageant in Indianapolis in July '91. That is where and when Tyson terrorized and raped a star-struck contestant named Desiree Washington. On March 26, 1992, he began serving his six-year sentence. When King was recently asked if Tyson had any money left from the millions in purses he earned, the promoter replied, "Farmers can't count on last year's crops...
...party's electoral defeat in Mexico's second biggest city, Guadalajara, and in the state of Jalisco portend a loss of political control or a heartening turn toward genuine democracy--or maybe both? Most important, does Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, less than three months into his six-year term, have a consistent strategy for dealing with political and financial crises, or is he just grasping at straws...
...constitutional amendment that would block future members of Congress from serving for more than 12 years was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in an 11-6 vote, mostly along party lines. It would limit representatives to six two-year terms and senators to two six-year terms. A move by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to count terms already served by incumbents was rejected by an 11-5 vote...
...Congress Democrats were the most prominent opponents of limiting service, much of the stately harrumphing this time is coming from figures within the Speaker's own, newly empowered party. Three versions of the proposed constitutional amendment are competing in the House, all of them limiting Senators to only two six-year terms but permitting House members from six to 12 years of service. Freshmen, for whom six years always seems a long time, are supporting the strictest version...