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...suit alleges that Allen shared confidential information obtained during that time with Harvard "and the two are using the information to launch their hostile takeover bid for the Nichols Company," the statement says...
Rather than wait until the State of the Union address to launch his legislative counterattack, Clinton planned a speech for this week. He did so partly because he didn't want to give the Republicans "a free ride for the next 60 days," said an Administration official. But Clinton also feared that the nation was beginning to tune him out. Last Friday, after delivering a forceful defense of free trade at the Americas Summit in Miami, Clinton met privately with 30 lawmakers from both parties. Wisconsin Republican Toby Roth, a fierce conservative, stood up and suggested the election might have...
Thank you for your article on The Sponge, a new literary/arts publication ("Students Launch Mag for Lesbians, Minority Women," news story, Dec. 8). As a fledgling zine, we appreciate being featured. However, we would like to clarify some confusion that we feel your headline might cause...
...Boeing Co. and the McDonnell Douglas Corp. announced that they will jointly compete for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract to build a space vehicle for the future: a reusable launch vehicle that would probably replace the shuttle. The new rocket is expected to cut costs. It will operate somewhat like a jetliner, thereby eliminating numerous ground crews and some of the facilities needed in current shuttle launches...
...National Archives today released an April 17, 1954 memo (signed by the secretary to the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Eisenhower Administration), which spells out plans to bomb China if the Chinese violated the tenuous truce that ended the Korean War. "In light of the enemy capability to launch a massive ground offensive, U.S. air support operations, including use of atomic weapons, will be employed to inflict maximum destruction of enemy forces," the memo says. (Eisenhower later admitted to using nuclear brinkmanship to move along U.S.-Chinese negotiations.) BTW: The memo -- one of only 30 numbered copies...