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Because council liberals depend on Vellucci vote to keep the city's rent control and anti-condominium ordinances intact, Vellucci is in a strong position to ask for their votes. "Over a barrel would not be an inaccurate description," a long time city political leader said last week...
Joseph S. Nye Jr., professor of Government, also said yesterday that the United States needs its allies support in combatting Soviet expansion. "The United States' actions depend on how far our allies are willing to go. Our action is closely geared to their actions--the West should show cohesion in the way they treat the matter...
While they rose, older cities that depend on basic industries declined. As sales of U.S.-made autos tumbled 16.7% in the last six months, largely because of infuriating gasoline lines and inflating gasoline prices, recession and high unemployment struck Detroit, Flint and other carmaking capitals. Also hurt were the industry's supplier cities: rubbermaking Akron, glassmaking Toledo, steelmaking Youngstown. Layoffs in the auto industry mounted to 116,000 workers (out of a total 765,400), and in steel to 45,000 (out of 466,859). Unemployment also ran higher than the national average in the metropolitan areas that live...
...principle, affirmative action has four apparently solid votes on the court, at least if Bakke and Weber are a guide: Justices Brennan, Marshall, White and Blackmun. The decisive fifth vote might depend on the particular facts of this case. Constitutional Scholar Laurence Tribe thinks this vote could be attracted by the fact that the set-aside is "more of a carrot than a stick" to help minorities...
...October, ETS failed to send out admissions tickets to its popular Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). And as of last week, the service had yet to send out those grade and LSAT score summaries it usually starts mailing in October to American law schools that depend on the reports for evaluating applicants. The delays have slowed admissions work throughout the country...