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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Corporation's final choice ensured achanged agenda for the coming decades. Bok was alawyer, his pragmatism a stark contrast to Pusey'smoralistic world view. When protesters hadoccupied the Law School library, Bok didn't callin the police. Instead, he brought them donuts andcoffee, staying late into the night to discusstheir demands...
Since the birds nest in trees loggers prize, observers had expected Bush to stop the cutting. Government biologists had recommended adding 3 million acres of forest to existing preserves. Instead the Administration postponed until September any action on protecting land administered by the U.S. Forest Service -- about two-thirds of the owls' habitat -- and addressed only those forests controlled by the Bureau of Land Management. Even there, the Government proposed to reduce logging only 15% to 20%, far less than the scientists had wanted...
...other 6,500 East German Mauerhunde, or Wall dogs, along the old fortified borders, Asta, 4, faced an uncertain fate after the barriers came down. Then an animal-protection society arranged adoption by the Ahrndt family of Hannover. Alas, the German shepherd has turned out to be a pussycat. Instead of guarding against intruders, she welcomes anyone into the cottage of her owners. A mother as of March, Asta also seems homesick. She has yet to set paw into her master's Ford, but leaped happily into a visitor's East German- made Trabant and expected to be driven away...
Even worse for Trump's ego, the big spender will have to subsist on a % monthly allowance, which bankers will supervise. Instead of the staggering $583,000 that he spent on food, shelter and other living expenses in May, Trump will be required to limit himself to a merely stupendous $450,000 a month for the rest of 1990. His allowance will shrink to $375,000 in 1991 and a stingy...
Rather than drowning out America's once powerful voice, these summits could actually reaffirm the U.S. position as a global superpower. After wielding dominant military and economic power for the past half-century, the U.S. can no longer assume a central leadership role by dint of its muscle. Instead, the U.S. in the 1990s will have to lead by forging global consensus and coalition...