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...Texan said the United States should seek a worldwide embargo against Iraqi oil. "Iraq is deeply in debt and very dependent on oil revenues and such an embargo would be an effective way to get their attention," he said...
...raider T. Boone Pickens exuded confidence last week as he arrived at the annual meeting of Koito Manufacturing, the Japanese auto-parts company with which he has been sparring for 16 months. Three hours later, he emerged red-faced and angry. "An absolute farce," fumed the 62-year-old Texan. Koito managers stonewalled Pickens even though he holds a 26% stake in the company. "Give me a chance," pleaded Pickens, demanding seats on Koito's board. But Koito shareholders voted down his demands. Company managers claim Pickens is only acting as a front for a Japanese greenmailer. "I invested...
...Government indicts Texan Don Dixon for his part in a $1.3 billion thrift failure. But how many other cases will the U.S. prosecute? -- A children's crusade against McDonald...
...here is long overdue, and there could be no greater honor than to have his name on the center of undergraduate activity on campus. The student center proposed by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, if built, should be named after Roosevelt, rather than some oil-rich Texan couple or arms-dealing Iranian expatriate seeking the luster of the Harvard name to drop during fashionable Cambridge cocktail parties...
FISHING AROUND. James Baker is not immune from presidential ambitions, but as a Texan he's effectively prevented from becoming George Bush's running mate in 1992. The Secretary of State, however, owns a spread in Wyoming, the state where he very publicly entertained Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last September. If Baker switched his official residence, he could replace Dan Quayle in 1992 or run for the Senate in 1994. For the moment, aides dismiss such speculation, pointing out that the only structure on the property is a "small fishing shack." It could be a good place to wait...