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...biggest winner of all may prove to be what are known as wholesale politics. The biggest loser--the personal politics that held sway in Iowa and New Hampshire, where candidates often criscrossed the same small towns. Super Tuesday, as Robin Toner of the New York Times notes, is as much "the K-2 campaign" as the people's forum. K-2 is the satellite that makes it possible for Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D.Mo.) to answer questions from North Carolina and Wyoming from a hotel suite in Kansas City...
...were doing the nation's business, the sons were walking their own paths. George Bush was making his stake in the Texas oil patch. The tall, kindly Pres Bush passed on the stories of a life he relished when the grand men of the Senate's inner club held sway. His son could not resist Washington...
...least powerful student government in the entire nation. In America, the student center is the traditional realm of student government. But at Harvard, there is no center for the council to run. No building, no grill, no lecture hall, no cinema, nothing. In addition, the council holds no sway over the governance of the College, and can't even stand up for the most basic of student rights. The administration tramples all over the student body--witness the new alcohol policy--without one word of protest from the council...
This was an attempt to sway overseers from voting to recommend that Harvard divest of its holdings in companies that do business in South Africa. The Board is elected by alumni to represent them, and advises the Corporation mainly through its visiting committees which evaluate the University. The Corporation's sudden interest in governance shows its concern over the Board's movement toward an activist role in the University...
While IBM still carries heavy clout in the market for large mainframe computers, the company is getting bullied in two important product categories: personal and midsize machines. With its PCs holding sway as the industry's standard for business applications, IBM once commanded nearly 40% of the $25 billion personal-computer market. Today, IBM's share has shrunk to less than 30% as its recent models have suffered assaults from competing formats like Apple's versatile Macintosh. IBM's newest line of personal computers, the Personal System/2, got off to an initially promising start after its introduction last April, selling...