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Your dissertation was finally accepted after three years of work, you hold your doctoral certificate in hand and you are now a full-fledged member of the academic elite. But as the field of academics continues to tighten up, you and growing numbers of other Ph.D. 's are realizing that the ivory tower is not the only place to look for a successful career...
...force has been designing new legislation to ease the liability-insurance crisis, spurred on by what one of the drafters called "President Reagan's 100% endorsement of our ideas." Over at the Pentagon, recommendations by the Packard commission to strengthen the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and tighten up military procurement are, in the words of an eager participant, "moving out." He added, "The President endorsed 99% of our report. He's committed to solving the problems...
Rodino has been fighting the decontrol bill all along, and pushing his own bill to tighten restrictions. For Rodino, as for most law enforcement officials, the crucial issue is restricting handguns--as opposed to rifles and shotguns--as well as ending the insanity known as machine gun rental, available since...
After four incidents of peer sexual harassment at the Divinity School this month, students and administrators are working this week to tighten security and increase student alertness...
When the subject of what to do with the Sandinistas is discussed, Time magazine reports, "the normally amiable and relaxed President sits up straight in his chair; his eyes flash, his lips tighten and his hands ball up into fists." Like Wilson, Reagan views the presence of such a regime as a personal affront and has taken it upon himself to see it removed...