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...Capitol Hill, the question of how to attract wise men and women, and how to keep them wise, was also weighing on Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. His pensiveness came as the Senate debated what to pay members and how much outside income to allow. Baker says that Congressmen are becoming "elected bureaucrats" and not the citizen legislators envisioned at the beginning of the Republic. "We think of ourselves as permanent full-time employees of the Federal Government instead of the elected representatives of the people of our districts and states," Baker declared on the Senate floor. The Congress...
...Maya Angelou at Spelman College in Atlanta: "Congratulations to you. You are phenomenal. The reason you are phenomenal is because you come from a phenomenal people. When you get into the marketplace, whether it is the academic world or the industrial, or business, corporate or the arts, it is wise to remember where you come from. And then you can use your past as the mirror so that you can see yourself. You have come well from a very healthy, a lusty people, a people loving life and loving love. When you need to see yourself, you must...
...steam. Some experts argue that Volcker had no choice but to let up; others give him high marks for good sense and good timing. Says Irwin Kellner, chief economist for Manufacturers Hanover Trust: "He squeezed the daylights out of the economy until it really hurt, but he was wise enough to know when...
...cities and towns all across the U.S. and Canada, fans camped out in front of the 1,002 theaters showing Jedi. Some were wearing the costumes of their favorite characters, from the furry Chewbacca to wise old Obi-Wan Kenobi. Many families ate in relays so that someone would always be there to hold a place in line. In Los Angeles one fan even brought a TV set and a video-recording machine so that he could watch Star Wars No. 1 while waiting...
...wise to continue to blame the University for our incohesiveness or should we change?"--Black Students Association President Alan C. Shaw '85 community must look inward to overcome its divisions. "Is it wise to continue to blame the University for our incohesiveness or should we change?" he asks. According to Shaw, the BSA lost support in recent years because it did not adapt its policies to the new, more moderate group of Blacks on campus. These students are not apolitical, he argues, but rather would prefer to work within the mainstream where possible...