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While Congress debated, the White House continued to canvass for votes. On Thursday the President called in 17 Senators, including seven Democrats, to solicit their support. Next morning, more than 100 members of the House mushed through a snowstorm to a White House breakfast at which the President pleaded for their backing. Said Bush: "The last, best chance for Saddam Hussein to get the message is in your hands." To counter pro-sanctions arguments, CIA Director William Webster sent a letter to the Hill asserting that even if the embargo remained in place for six months to a year...
Although the clubs are off-campus and have no official ties to Harvard, Jewett said the College has a number of tools it could use to pressure them. He said administrators could lobby alumni board members or solicit help from the City of Cambridge to restrict heavy underage drinking at the clubs...
Although foundations often solicit this advice, Nye notes professors have little real power to influence the private groups. "It doesn't mean they have to listen to us," the government professor adds...
BACK in early August, Harvard's presidential search committee seemed like it would welcome--and even solicit--student opinion during the search process. The nine committee members--six from Harvard's governing Corporation and three from its alumni-elected Board of Overseers--said that they would consult in the fall with "all interested parties," including "constituted student groups." They promised to meet with at least two of Harvard's student governments--the Undergraduate Council and the Law School Council. And they promised to mail letters to all students asking for advice...
...FEBRUARY and March of last year, the Danforth Center put up graffiti sheets in the houses to solicit comments about gender in the classroom. Remarks such as those excerpted here in italics attest to the problems' severity; many women here feel marginalized by the aggressive atmosphere of the typical Harvard classroom...