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...last spring, HRAAA's efforts had fizzledout and the group had virtually ceased to exist.HRAAA lost its last remaining representatives onthe Board of Overseers when the six-year terms of1973 Law School graduate Consuela M. Washingtonand Duke Professor Peter H. Wood '64 expired...
Although the popular sentiment is to see Chamorro finish her six-year term, U.N.O. leaders may conspire to cut short her tenure. If her former allies mount a legislative challenge, Chamorro has little strength to fight back: she now commands the loyalty of only her Cabinet ministers. Yet neither Sandinista nor U.N.O. leaders are clamoring for the job. The truth is that no one wants, or knows how, to govern Nicaragua today...
Mubarak will be re-elected to a third six-year term by Parliament in October, even though his National Democratic Party is generally dismissed as incompetent and corrupt. But the party enjoys an overwhelming majority in Parliament, and Mubarak is the sole candidate. Every opposition group in the country, including the Muslim Brotherhood, refuses to endorse him. As election time approaches, Mubarak is talking vaguely about reform. In a recent speech he called for more cooperation "between all political forces" in order to "surround the abyss of terrorism and foil its plots." His supporters say he intends to resign...
Although children who suffer convulsions triggered by fevers have commonly been treated with phenobarbitol, there are concerns about both its efficacy and its side effects. The new and superior replacement is Valium. A six-year study shows that it is safe and effective -- and it also reduces the risk of seizures recurring...
Five of the new Overseers were elected to six-year terms. The sixth top vote-getter, Peter C.B. Bynoe '72, was elected to fill out the two years remaining in the term of Desmond Tutu, who resigned last summer...