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...addition, IOP Director and former Pennsylvania Gov. Richard L. Thornburgh left his Harvard post this summer to replace Edwin Meese III as U.S. attorney general. Onlookers have speculated that Thornburgh accepted the Reagan appointment--which would expire in January--with the hopes that, if Bush were elected in November, he would stay on. Should Dukakis win, however, Thornburgh would have to vacate the post, perhaps returning...
...Dukakis wins, clearly Thornburgh will be back here [at the IOP]," said David R. Runkel, deputy director of the IOP, who has taken charge in Thornburgh's absence. Thornburgh could not be reached for comment about his plans for after the election...
...School officials said they feel no unease about having their top faculty members--like Thornburgh--leave the school for Washington. They said it is to the school's advantage to have professors who leave for a few years because their experience can serve to make them better professors when they come back...
...participating nations were Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Britain, the U.S. and Venezuela. Results: 11 tons of cocaine and 244 tons of marijuana seized; 114 guns, 122 boats, planes and vehicles confiscated; 22 cocaine labs destroyed; and 1,267 arrests made. Yet no major kingpins were nailed. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh applauded the cooperation with an apt low-key assessment: "I don't think anybody's claiming that this is a success in the war on drugs. We are talking about an important avenue toward success...
Former Pennsylvania governor Richard L. Thornburgh is on leave from the IOP to serve as U.S. Attorney General...