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...Israeli native, Loeb came to Harvard after a four-year stint at Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study...
After a brief stint in the state legislature, Newinski is using some innovative methods to run for Congress. His lawn signs, for instance, are decorated with opponent Bruce Vento's name and a red slash, with the caption 20 years is too much. For his part, Newinski says he will fight tax hikes, work to get more prisons built and institute inmate work programs where wages earned go toward restitution for victims...
Pouland, a self-proclaimed centrist, was Texas coordinator for Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign. But after a stint as a General Services Administration official, he has taken up the anti-government mantle, believing that 250,000 federal jobs could be cut without cutting services. If elected, Pouland vows to serve a maximum of six years even if term limits are not in place by the end of his third term. Though the district has been redrawn, this race attracted no new candidates...
Abercrombie, who had a three-month stint in the House in 1986-87, believes in government as protector of the disadvantaged and the environment. He also takes issue with Republican welfare-reform proposals restricting benefits to legal immigrants, and wrote a bill to waive visas for some South Korean tourists, aiding Hawaii's biggest industry. In a tight race , his labor and minority support should serve him well...
Faculty and administrators were visibly elated by the gift. The usually staid Lewis--who is also McKay professor of computer science and taught Gates during his stint at Harvard--went so far as to shout "Yippee!" and share sparkling cider with students in his class, Computer Science 121, "Introduction to Formal Systems and Computation...