Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Currently ranked seventh in the nation, Harvard could still make a post-season NCAA bid without a win against West Virginia, since the eight regional winners as well as the 12 top teams in the nation all qualify. If, however, the Crimson slips in its national rank, it will have to beat West Virginia to obtain the regional title...
...credit cards, lose the deduction on home mortgages and pay a stiff new gasoline tax. For its part, the U.S. wanted Tokyo to make it easier for large department stores to set up shop in Japanese cities, to boost public spending, to crack down on Japanese price-fixing and bid-rigging practices, and to shorten the workweek of Japanese employees to five days by eliminating half-day Saturday shifts. The ambitious talks were part of the Structural Impediments Initiative launched by President George Bush last May, which seeks to make fundamental economic changes in the two countries in order...
MOVE OVER, JESSE. Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder, a moderate black leader, may end up stealing some of Jesse Jackson's thunder. His state party chairman, Paul Goldman, is eagerly mapping out 1992 scenarios, and Wilder's travel plans suggest far more than a mere vice-presidential bid. He has visited California twice in the past two weeks, and is poised to announce a foray into New Hampshire this spring. Can Iowa be far behind...
...KNOWS WHAT SHERMAN SAID. Announcing his bid for re-election to the Senate, New Jersey's Bill Bradley said he "can't think of anything" that would keep him from serving a six-year term. Does this mean he absolutely, positively won't run for President in 1992? Dollar Bill has amassed $9 million for a Senate race that even a New York Knick could not lose. With such a handy war chest, his demurral sounds a shade less convincing than William Tecumseh Sherman's "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." Says a Bradley...
...intra-league games have not been played yet, meaning that Ivy schools will be knocking each other off in the next couple of weeks. With so much parity in the league, it will be the team that gets hot that takes top honors, securing a strong claim on a bid to the NCAAs...