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...that sounds vague, it is. Some activists grumble that the world does not need another environmental bureaucracy, particularly one put together in such an impromptu manner. Despite the Russian's passion for his new career, it is clear that he is learning on the job. Still, Gorbachev brings to his new job one irreplaceable asset: the respect of world leaders. Recently he wrote President Clinton to say, in effect, "I stopped nuclear testing; you can too." Says Green Cross board member Thor Heyerdahl (whose writings, beginning with Kon-Tiki, greatly influenced the former Soviet President): "Even though ! there are other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorby the Green Warrior | 9/6/1993 | See Source »

...added that she wanted the conference to produce many innovative and impromptu ideas--those which she described as worthy of jotting down on a napkin in a college diner. "I hope this will be a meeting that would produce a lot of napkins," she said...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Faculty Members Speak At Boston Conference | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

...impromptu petition drive headquartered in the gallery has netted more than 1,000 signatures, many of them from Graduate School of Design students and undergraduates in the department of Visual and Environmental Studies...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: University Reverses Lay-Off of Curator | 7/6/1993 | See Source »

...union members, during hall workers and students who attended the brief rally walked together from the John Harvard statue to the door of Rudenstine's Mass Hall office. There Reuss and HDS shop stewards Edward B. Childs and Larry D. Williams made impromptu speeches and listed demands...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, | Title: Hicks, Students Take Petition To Rudenstine | 6/9/1993 | See Source »

...impromptu petition drive headquartered in the gallery had netted, by yesterday afternoon, more than 600 signatures. Many of the signees are Graduate School of Design students and undergraduates in the department of Visual and Environmental Studies. One prominent signature belongs to Robert Storrs, curator of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Laid-Off Curator Hits Back | 6/9/1993 | See Source »

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