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ENVIRONMENT Vetoed Republican attempts to weaken the Clean Water Act and to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development. Opposes the "property rights" movement, which would require the government to compensate landowners for loss of value due to environmental regulations...
...ENVIRONMENT] Believes environment and human health can be protected with less intrusive and less expensive regulations. Worked to weaken endangered species and toxic pollution rules, and to slow implementation of drinking-water standards. Supported sell-off of federal lands for deficit reduction...
Harvard Management Co. (HMC), the group responsible for managing Harvard's multi-million dollar endowment, is undergoing an inter review and investigating options which could weaken its ties to the University...
Americans who were present thought this was a "psychological point of departure" for Netanyahu, who had always despised Arafat as a terrorist. A senior U.S. official took it as "a recognition that the Israelis can't weaken Arafat because it will weaken themselves." By prearrangement Clinton and King Hussein left Arafat and Netanyahu alone at the lunch table, where they talked for three hours. In such private moments the two talked not only about their disagreements but also about themselves. At one point Netanyahu told Arafat he had never lost one of his debates as a high school student...
Football games bring the campus together--even if superficially--in the guise of school spirit. The possibility that a majority of students are there for the excuse of bringing a date or to consume alcohol does not weaken the point: The student body chose the football game to converge and engage in this revelry...