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Unlike the students who prepare the CUE Guide, professors and administrators have an inherent conflict of interest that can only stand in the way of thorough, candid and useful evaluations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cue Indecision | 11/16/1985 | See Source »

...coming from far behind to win the World Series during the last weekend of October, Dan Rostenkowski, the Illinois Democrat who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, was trying to stage a dramatic rally of his own. Only a few days before, his goal of presiding over a thorough reform of the U.S. income tax code had seemed virtually dead. But Rostenkowski called extraordinary Saturday and Sunday sessions of his committee in an attempt to breathe new life into the tax-reform effort. Though the meetings broke up at dinnertime, giving the baseball fans in the group a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Stage a Tax-Reform Rally | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...color, Texas leaves a lot to be desired. But as a novel it is above average. Read as pure novel, Texas is not bad entertainment, even if it is long. The reading goes quickly, and even if the outlook it produces is skewed, it does give non-Texans a thorough exposure to a remarkable, offbeat place and its equally remarkable and offbeat people. Anyone who can remember one tenth of the details will be a walking encyclopedia of things Texan from the number of types of cactus in Big Ben National Park to the unlikely origin of "The Yellow Rose...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: The Facts Without the Feelings of Texas | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...Force Col. Garry Schnelzer, speaking on behalf of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO), predicted that the SDI system could be developed but said a thorough cost analysis of the program is years away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colonel Predicts SDI Is Possible | 10/30/1985 | See Source »

...therefore believe that the Center should promptly conduct a thorough review of its guidelines and procedures for outside funding. This review process should involve all those who take part in the Center's work and should culminate in a clear statement of policy. Lisa Anderson associate professor of government A. Tosun Aricanli assistant professor of economics Selma Botman research associate, CMES Mary Jo Del Vecchio Good lecturer on sociology Zachary Lockman assistant professor of history Afsaneh Najmabadi visiting lecturer on government Paula Sanders assistant professor of history

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

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