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...about 300 people crowded the curb opposite Gund Hall for a sight of Charles, Prince of Wales, yesterday, a select group of 49 students spent about half an hour chatting with the British heir apparent inside the tightly guarded courtyard...
About 40 people waited in vain on the curb ofKirkland St. in back of Memorial Hall in anattempt to catch a glimpse of the Prince as hiscar pulled up to the 350th dinner there. Charlesexited from the grey Rolls Royce and was ushereddirectly onto the steps of the building...
...crucial test of President Reagan's ability to withstand the forces of protectionism. Opponents of the White House's free-trade philosophy had mounted a move in the House of Representatives to override Reagan's veto of a bill to curb imports of textiles and shoes. But when the debate ended last week, the bill's backers fell eight votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary for an override. The final tally: 276 in favor of the proposal, 149 opposed...
...Washington's policymakers were less confident. Fretted Republican Jake Garn of Utah, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee: "There's more than the normal level of uncertainty in the economy." Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker warned that the current expansion is in "growing jeopardy" unless the U.S. can curb its burgeoning trade deficit, which reached a record $148.5 billion last year...
...effort to curb the mounting toll on dolphins, the environmental group Greenpeace has threatened legal action. It hopes to make the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) enforce existing regulations limiting the number of dolphins that can be killed by tuna fishermen. That would be the most drastic action yet in a continuing campaign by conservationists to save the dolphin. If Greenpeace succeeds in its effort, the San Diego-based American Tunaboat Association estimates, the fleet will lose as much as $35 million in revenue...