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...structure originally designed for working for a department like economics was thrust into a setting where there are hundreds of faculty members, complex departments," says Fineberg. "It's very clear that a single committee would have a difficult time encompassing the whole scope of the enterprise...
...practical implications of his ideas, while sustaining himself with books, the black church and sweet soul music. Meanwhile, friends say, West has read biographies of the great public intellectuals of the past -- Emerson, Thomas Carlyle, Walt Whitman, Matthew Arnold -- to prepare for the highly visible role that is being thrust upon him, not entirely against his will. After all, if a philosopher like West can't be philosophical about success...
When the soft-spoken Boren opposes something, people listen. Senators James Exon and Bob Kerrey, both Democrats from Nebraska, said they backed the "basic thrust" of his plan. Still, a number of putative dissidents -- notably John Breaux of Louisiana and Kent Conrad of North Dakota -- declined to sign on to the amendment. Thus while Boren may be able to muster enough Democratic votes to join with Republicans in forcing Clinton to change his plan, there is little chance that the Boren-Danforth proposal can pass. Said Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, a former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee: "The Boren...
This vacuum of authority has led to the emergence, ironically, of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell as a central figure in the Administration's security policy. Powell, who has clashed openly with Clinton on issues like gays in the military, found himself thrust into a key role in developing a Bosnia plan, even though he had serious reservations about intervention. In meetings with Congress last week, Aspin and Powell left no doubt about the situation. Powell dominated the session, going into such detail on the military options, an attendee said, that he may have undercut the Administration...
That message already appears to have hit many mainstream black leaders. "There are new realities that are thrust upon us, and we can't operate as if the social realities are the same as they were in 1970," says Joe Hicks, executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Los Angeles. "The world has changed." The National Urban League, one of America's oldest civil rights organizations, has always focused on education and job training. This spring, using a two-year, $1 million grant from Atlantic Richfield, the League's Los Angeles branch will open a business development...