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Only a day earlier, conservatives from both sides of the Senate floor helped strangle an effort to strengthen the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Led by Sens. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), the conservatives survived a cloture vote needed to end their filibuster, and left liberals sputtering that it may be years before an effective fair housing bill is approved...
Nationally, an ABC News-Louis Harris survey showed that 57% of the people questioned expected Reagan to do a good job in general, and a thumping 72% thought he would "strengthen U.S. defense capabilities to be at least equal or superior to the Soviet Union's." The President-elect inspired somewhat less hope on economic problems; 56% expected him to reduce inflation, and 54% thought he would be able to cut unemployment. Significantly, however, 62% of those inter viewed believed he would "restore the confidence of the American people in Government"-a sentiment damaged in the past by Viet...
President Bok said last May the establishment of the new Boas chair, endowed by Frank Boas '51 in memory of his late father, and Cooper's appointment would "strengthen research and teaching in the crucial area of international economics...
...Jackson Place town house Wednesday morning once again to propose a meeting, Reagan's chief foreign policy adviser, Richard Allen, concluded his boss could not refuse a call from a head of government who was staying a mere four houses away-especially since Reagan is eager to strengthen ties with the U.S.'s European allies...
...will take more than a few sentences at the end of a ten-page report to strengthen the institute; money and publicity are needed...