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...Bush Administration, but U.S. officials acknowledge that peace in Cambodia is unlikely until the Chinese agree to cut off aid to the Khmer Rouge. "As long as they get whatever they want from China, they will see no reason to go from the battlefield to elections," says a congressional staffer. "They aren't going to throw in the towel just because they lost their seat in the U.N." The noncommunist resistance also sounds determined to carry on. From his residence in North Korea, Sihanouk branded the U.S. decision "an act of very serious injustice" and vowed to continue the fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Change of Course | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

...there are exceptions. After a story exposing inefficiencies at the Harvard Cooperative Society--a minor, nearly inactive advertising account, according to Cohen--the department store's president vowed never to have anything to do with the magazine. And according to one staffer, pro-Palestinian pieces have not been popular with certain people at the Jewish student organization Harvard Hillel, a large advertiser...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Maintaining a Healthy Perspective | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...Drug Policy Adviser William J.] Bennett-Bush plan had tried to tie a lot of strings to federal education money," one congressional staffer said then. "And the universities have kind of waged a quiet battle to keep...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The Gov't Tries to Curb Campus Vices | 5/25/1990 | See Source »

...government is saddling universities with extra work, it is doing so only because the public wants it that way, according to one congressional staffer. Melissa A. Sabatine, press secretary to Rep. Robert S. Walker (R-Penn.), says the voters are increasingly aware of the national drug and alcohol problem, and want the government to do something about...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The Gov't Tries to Curb Campus Vices | 5/25/1990 | See Source »

Topping their hit list was Rudolph Giuliani, the former U.S. Attorney who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City in 1989. "We are here because Rudy Giuliani decided to make it his project to gain votes . . . by going after Drexel," argued one ex-staffer. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, who used to head the investment house Dillon Read, was accused of a "vendetta" in not ordering a bailout for Drexel. Said a former employee: "Drexel took a lot of business from them ((Dillon Read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Rich, Yes, but Never Arrogant | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

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