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Students may not eat all meals in their respective houses if alternative dining privileges become available to them under their board contracts, but Heinicke says he does not worry that fewer meals together will weaken the bonds of housemates...
...HOURS, IT LOOKED AS IF PRIME MINISTER Kiichi Miyazawa would weaken his political opponents in a shrewdly orchestrated maneuver. When Michio Watanabe, 69, announced he would resign from his post of Foreign Minister owing to poor health, Miyazawa offered the position to former Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata. Hata heads a rebellious faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and has hinted that he might create a new party. Miyazawa apparently thought he could distract Hata from his cause by luring the renegade into his Cabinet with a prestigious post. Hata, however, declined the offer, saying he wanted to "stay...
Despite Powell's opposition to lifting the ban on gays and lesbians in military service, which conflicts with Harvard's stance, Rudenstine said he did not believe that the selection of Powell would weaken Harvard's position...
...Senate, the 57 Democrats could not break a Republican filibuster against a voter-registration bill; that would require 60 votes. So they had to weaken the measure. The bill, dubbed "motor voter," would still allow citizens to register when they applied for a driver's license, but the Senate dropped a requirement that authorities make registration forms available to people applying for welfare or unemployment compensation (G.O.P. Senators feared that most people who signed up that way would vote Democratic). Still, the bill was passed. And when motor-voter and other bills go to House-Senate conferences, that heavily Democratic...
...member countries, industries could demand a return to protectionism. Protests have erupted over the fear that lower wages and benefits in some countries will draw industry away from such socially liberal nations as France and Germany. Many also fear that broadening the E.C. by admitting East European nations will weaken it economically. But, says European Commission president Jacques Delors, "building Europe has not been a long, calm process." Forced to cope with the realities of a single market, the Reteguis, the Greens, the Sivieris and the Kastners would not disagree with Delors's sentiment...