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...strong advocate of the rights of minorities and the poor, Vorenberg is a director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Legal Defense Fund and counts Vernon Jordan as one of his friends. In a news conference after the announcement of his selection as dean, he said that one of his priorities would be to increase the number of minorities on the Law School faculty...
...subsidizes inefficiency by providing marginal farmers with enough funds so that they will not have to quit the land. Contends John Lawlor, executive vice president of the Citizen State Bank in Belle Plaine: "They've kept people in business who should have been carrying a lunch pail." But Vernon Nelson, FHA supervisor for Benton County, is proud that his loans have contributed to the success of farmers who just need a little help in competing with the conglomerate operators. The argument over FHA boils down to one of practicality vs. sentiment, depending on how important maintaining family farms seems...
...delegation headed by Lawrence Eagleburger, Reagan's choice as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, visited five European capitals with fresh evidence of Soviet-bloc mischief. Another team of U.S. envoys, headed by Lieut. General Vernon Walters, set out for Latin America. Secretary of State Alexander Haig headed for Capitol Hill to brief congressional leaders. The State Department provided embassies of friendly governments in Washington with a lengthy memorandum detailing its evidence. This week the Administration will cap its campaign with the release of a "white paper" summarizing its case that, as one State Department official...
With McLaughlin giving a command, foot-stomping performance, the Crimson watched the seven point halftime margin slip away in the opening minutes of the second half, with the Lions going ahead, 50-49, on a Vernon Outlaw bank shot with 13:20 left in the game...
...explosion of this bomb; perhaps a few faint words of praise for the ending, which actually has a slightly engaging twist. But surely no one would say, "Wonderful, hilarious, often touching and always entertaining." Or "It's the best entertainment of the season." That Rex Reed, Syndicated Columnist, and Vernon Scott, UPI, did is proof enough that our society is truly pluralistic. As James Madison could have said but didn't, "Different strokes for different folks." Assuming that some small number of readers might share Mr. Reed's or Mr. Scott's sentiments, what follows is a short list...