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...dean of beer, Siglinda Steinfuller, put in a special request that I mention the lacrosse game Saturday after noon at 2:00. In her communique, she noted that the Crimson will be playing Brown, a school located to the south of here, and that students who don't want to pay the !/#? admission charge should bring their coupon books with them...
...Back Bay, Elaine Noble, campaigned as an acknowledged lesbian. The Back Bay also has a great deal of housing and traffic problems Normally, they would be referred to a councilor, but because the conservative Boston City Council is elected at-large instead of by districts, councilors can ignore requests from neighborhoods where they expect little support. So the representative's share of constituent services increases. Frank has a keen knowledge of city operations because of his work in the White administration and is able to deal efficiently with the problems his constituents bring to him. Vice-Mayor Edward T. Sullivan...
...shaken his hand when his decision was announced at lunch," explains one Justice.) The next week, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger called Douglas' three law clerks in for tea, mentioned budget problems and pointedly asked them if they had any job prospects. At the request of the other Justices, Burger also wrote Douglas suggesting that he move from his centrally located chambers to a "more commodious" office in a distant corner of the building...
Washington had already dispatched $1.2 million worth of parachutes, spare aircraft parts and uniforms to Kinshasa. But the Carter Administration postponed action on Mobutu's request in the hope that diplomatic efforts might halt the fighting. After talks with U.S. officials, Nigerian External Affairs Commissioner Joseph Garba pledged that his country would act as go-between. Other black African nations share Nigeria's concern that the fighting could turn into a full-blown...
...constant questioning of Kissinger's détente policies. After his ouster, Schlesinger passed up offers of high-paying positions in industry to become a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University and settled into a cramped office in Washington. ("I have never done anything for money.") A request from then Candidate Jimmy Carter for advice on defense policy led to his present...