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Less than a week after Nigerian strongman General Ibrahim Babangida stepped down, the country's powerful labor unions called a five-day general strike to protest the new civilian government of Ernest Shonekan, whom many see simply as Babangida's surrogate and pawn. Deepening the crisis, five of the country's 30 state governors have vowed not to recognize Shonekan...
Clinton backed a crime-fighting bill that would mandate a five-day waiting period for gun purchasers, provide $3.4 billion to put 50,000 more police on the street nationwide -- an 8% increase -- and limit the number of appeals that may be filed by death-row inmates. Clinton also announced Executive Orders suspending the import of assault-style handguns and tightening licensing requirements for gun dealers...
Crockett, who had not publicly charged discrimination before yesterday, charged that, like Thompson, he was given a far harsher punishment than a white guard was when both fell asleep on the job. Documents obtained by The Crimson show that Crockett received a five-day suspension while the white guard, who was training Crockett in how to do a new job at the Kennedy School, got a three-day suspension. The report said Crockett received a longer suspension because he was a more experienced guard...
...worst as it awaits a possible record crest of 49 ft. for the Mississippi River this week. City workers continued to patch up the 52-ft. floodwall protecting the city, but with yet more thunderstorms in the forecast, they are unsure if the structure will hold. Meanwhile, after a five-day partisan battle, the House approved a nearly $3 billion relief package. Republicans insisted that any outlay for relief be matched by spending cuts. At week's end the Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously for a $4.7 billion relief bill...
...return to Harvard in 1987 from Oregon, Bell became immediately mired in controversy. He staged a five-day sit-in at his office, protesting the school's refusal to offer tenure to members of the Critical Legal Studies movement, a group of radical scholars who feel that the legal system perpetuates the wrongs of the establishment...