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...martial law in 1981 and outlawed the Solidarity trade-union movement, Jaruzelski gazed calmly from the sidelines last year as the revolt against communism gathered steam. He acknowledged Solidarity's election victory in June, and then won, with just a single ballot to spare, a parliamentary vote for a six-year presidential term. "As President, Jaruzelski has done practically everything that was expected of him," says Pawel Ziolek, a spokesman of the Forum of a Democratic Right, a coalition group. "Which means he did nothing to disturb the process of dismantling the system...
...School Dean Robert C. Clark, appearing comfortable and confident in his first public forum this year, revealed that donors have pledged more than $31 million to the school in the second year of its six-year fundraising drive...
Clark, who last year established himself as a highly succesful fund raiser, seemed hopeful about the Law School's six-year fund drive. He said that following the meeting, with the group of about 40 students, he planned to catch a plane to talk to an alumnus about the "possibility of a major gift...
...Used to It: Some people who were getting used to Columbia football frustration were the first-year and transfer students revelling at "New Student Day." Saturday's attendance of 9430 was second in the six-year history of Wein Stadium to the 10,500 fans who showed up at the stadium's first game ever--also against Harvard...
Henry Rosovsky, of course, is no stranger to the job. As dean of the Faculty for more than a decade, Rosovsky is credited with founding Harvard's Core Curriculum. After a six-year absence, he returns this year to University Hall, replacing economist A. Michael Spence, who left this summer to become dean of Stanford University's business school...