Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those of us too harried to say the whole word call it. We, the editors of The Crimson, do. Believe us, extracurrics aren't pretty. The only reason we do them is because we didn't get to the Coop fast enough at the beginning of our first term freshman year, and all the textbooks were sold out. After that, academics were hopeless. So don't be a rube--get to the Coop early, and study hard...
...Antonin Scalia was named to fill a 1986 Supreme Court vacancy, Bork was gracious publicly but privately irritated, fearing that Reagan would leave office before another seat opened up. Last spring, shortly before he was nominated to replace Lewis Powell, Bork decided not to hire clerks for the 1988 term, opening the way for his resignation at the end of Reagan's term...
...State George Shultz then went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to plead for $270 million in new contra aid. The White House wants the funds to begin flowing shortly after the current aid expires Sept. 30 and to extend for 18 months, beyond the end of Reagan's term. Shultz did not specify how much of the money would be spent for weapons or what conditions might be attached to military funds. "We're doing what everyone says we should," he said. "We're consulting...
...friends have begun to see him as a lame duck. That perception comes on top of long-standing nervousness about the U.S. commitment to its allies, a fear fueled by the American example set in recent decades in Cuba, Viet Nam and Lebanon. "The U.S. has no long-term policies anywhere," says a contra official. "If the problem can't be solved quickly and easily, Americans lose interest and move on to something else...
...constitutional compromise, which reflects months of negotiations, calls for direct elections of the country's President for a single five-year term. Since 1971 all candidates have run unopposed. If the measure is approved by | the National Assembly and accepted by the country's voters, as is expected, elections would be held...