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...former EPA General Counsel Robert Perry committed perjury in their testimony before Congress. Former Administrator Anne Burford, who was forced to resign in March, has been cited for contempt in connection with congressional investigations of the $1.6 billion hazardous-waste Superfund. She resisted compliance with Congress's request for EPA documents at the request of the President...
...first and most glaring misconception was expressed by Diane Cardwell, who asserts that "In response to a request for a Third World center, the University threw Black students a bone in the form of the Foundations." This statement reflects both ignorance of the facts and confusion. Since its-inception two years ago, every public report has made it clear that the Harvard Foundation was not established in lien of a Third World center. This point cannot be overemphasized...
...World centers" (whatever they may be) have established for themselves. For a variety of reasons the Faculty and Administration of the University decided not to establish a "Third World center." It should be mentioned that in the past the University created and sponsored a Black cultural center at the request of Black students, but that center was short lived because of lack of student interest. (Incidentally, Black students served on its board.) Of the more than 1000 Black Graduates since 1970, few if any have donated funds toward a new Black cultural center...
...council unanimously decided to request that City Manager Robert W. Healy hire an architect, and Healy said he would try to find funds to do so in the city budget...
...patching up their relations with the U.S. Indeed, suggests a Middle East specialist in Washington, a limited increase in tension may well bring Israel some unexpected political benefits on Capitol Hill. Last week the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to add $300 million to the Reagan Administration's request for $550 million in military grants to Israel in 1984. Only a few days earlier, the Administration had announced that it was ready to lift the ban, imposed after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon last June, on the sale of 75 F-16 jet fighters to Israel...