Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Logan Evans '36, the campus notable who recently dove into a nearby garbage truck during one of his famous speeches from the steps of Widener, also has a Christmas wish. "I want $20,000 so that I can get my theory published and disseminated," says the trivia buff. Clark J. Preshman Janefar A. Khageen
Even as the assault began on tax reform, scores of other special interests mobilized to sink the wish list of spending cuts floated by Budget Director David Stockman. Rarely if ever have so many of Washington's more than 10,000 lobbyists been aroused at the same time. Indeed, the Administration's sweeping proposals may have touched off the ultimate lobbying war, one that will force Congressmen to choose between uplifting notions like "fairness" and "simplicity," and down-to-earth concerns like PAC money and political survival...
Tutu told the audience that the actions of Americans to pressure the South African government "have not gone without notice" among Blacks in the country. "At least in this respect I do speak on behalf of millions who would wish to come here to express their thanks to you for your concern," he said...
...presidential election, her choice was rapidly narrowed as Ronald Reagan issued, and was taken up on, reappointment offers to the incumbent Secretaries of State and Defense, the National Security Adviser and the head of the Central Intelligence Agency. That was just about the extent of Kirkpatrick's wish list...
...believe we speak for many residents of interference-prone Claverly, Grays, Quincy, Adams and Lowell in questioning the technical quality of a radio station whose omnipresent broadcast offends the very clientele it is supposed to please. Although we may wish to listen to WHRB at times, we do not wish to listen to it all the time. Claude Convisser '85 Benjamin Broder...