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...unexpected victory for business interests against the forces of environmentalism. The Canadian government announced last week that it would allow the resumption of coastal seal hunting from ships north of Newfoundland. The annual spring hunt was abandoned in 1983 after environmentalists, horrified that hunters commonly clubbed seal pups to death for their prized white fur, persuaded the European Community to ban the importation of whitecoat pelts. The U.S. had barred them a decade earlier...
...example, based on the E.M. Forster novel, was screened last year for a Chicago convention of English teachers, who were encouraged to use the film as a study aid for their students. Waiting for the Moon, a new film about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas starring Linda Hunt, will be screened for feminist groups and advertised in gay newspapers...
...golf title, still the last NCAA team title claimed by a Crimson squad, was won at the Myopia Hunt Club. The Harvard golfers were captained by H.C. Egan '05 whose name, for some reason, does not appear anywhere in the Harvard Alumni Office records...
...Tower report before facing the public on Iranscam, and he used the document as a guide for his comments. The President once again depicted himself as an innocent bystander in the Iran-contra affair, accepting responsibility for actions that took place "without my knowledge." Reagan said he "had to hunt pretty hard to find any good news in the board's report," but patted himself on the back by citing a sentence he was "relieved" to find in the 288-page document: "The President does indeed want the full story to be told...
...year old Mellon Fellowship program is designed to help junior faculty obtain tenure posts at their schools by giving them an opportunity to "demonstrate their scholarly potential," said University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, the program's director...