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Hershberg writes that after hearing in 1942 that a Harvard scientist was hesitation to assist the project, Conant vowed in jest, "if it is true that Harvard has refused this request, as chairman of NDRC I will raise cain with the president of Harvard University...
...recover the nearly 400 peacekeepers held hostage there. The tactic may be working: the Serbs said today that they are willing to begin talks immediately, but are not yet willing to free the hostages before talks begin. The President stressed thatU.S. troops would be deployed only at NATO request, and only as temporary support. Though Clinton said he would consult Congress before taking any action, Republicans objected that he should have consulted Congress before taking his new position. As far as sending in troops, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) bluntly said: "It's not consultation with Congress that would...
...City Council approved City Manager Robert W. Healy's request to spend $2,500 to hire a consultant to explore the possibility of modernizing the city's election procedures, at a council meeting Monday night...
...Roberts' request, he and Murdoch held a brief get-to-know-each-other meeting at the Los Angeles airport in November. "After about 15 minutes we hit it off personally," he says. "And we both instantly saw that there may be some genuine reason to pursue this." At the end of the pursuit, MCI agreed to invest heavily in News Corp. stock--$1 billion now plus $1 billion over the next four years. In return, Murdoch will send his company's immense fund of grunt-and-grin entertainment, news and information through MCI phone lines into home and business screens...
...obstructing preliminary inquiries by altering his personal diaries. The five-term Republican senator now faces a full-scale Senate investigation of the allegations. Possible penalties range from an official rebuke to expulsion from the Senate. In a formal statement, Packwood said he will now "have an opportunity to request an appearance before the committee to discuss the matter, as I did not have a chance to appear before the committee at this preliminary stage...