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Although the controversy first arose as a hypothetical problem nearly two years ago, it was revived this fall when Latin American politics specialist Jorge I. Dominguez returned from a year's leave of absence. Dominguez was assigned to co-teach a seminar on comparative politics--the only course, students and department officials agree, which is designed to prepare graduate students for their general exams in the popular field. Students call the course "de facto required," though it is not specifically mandated to earn a degree...
...player in the drive to bring the highflying U.S. dollar down to earth, Fred Springborn starts his day early and ends it late. Arriving at his ^ cramped Treasury Department office at about 6 a.m., the foreign-exchange specialist scans a Reuters video monitor through bleary eyes, checking the latest U.S. dollar prices from Bonn to Bangkok. After conferring by phone with colleagues at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Springborn heads down two flights of stairs to brief his boss, Treasury Secretary James Baker, who normally arrives before 7:30. In consultation with Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker...
...Government Department this term has only one specialist, Dominguez, in Latin American politics. From an academic perspective, the lack of another specialist in that field is not necessarily a problem for the department. The question is whether the department should search for another specialist because students find the first professor objectionable on ethical grounds...
...Shook, Media Relations Specialist at Adolph Coors Co., denied the charges saying, "Coors is not anti-union, but pro-people. It's one of the most progressive companies." He said Coors endorses social and civic programs such as the National Black Economic Development Coalition and several environmental organizations...
...specialist in 18th century English literature, Bullitt was widely recognized for his expertise on the satirist Jonathan Swift, as well as for his wide range of talents and sense of humor. His death came just two months after he filed $5 million lawsuits against each of three tobacco manufacturers and a tobacco trade association, charging that the firms employ deceptive advertising to sell their products and do not give adequate health warnings on packages. His wife said that she had not decided whether to continue the suit...