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Many Boston stores have complied with the mayor's request and removed the Super Soaker from their shelves. But most have not agreed without reluctance--gearing the loss of a popular item will further hurt already lagging sales...
...Open Speakers Forum, a meeting place for the 20,000 activists, scientists, spiritual leaders and other people on the periphery of the Earth Summit, environmentalist Sharon Rogers of Wright City, Mo., announced that she was circulating a petition in which the U.S. citizens at the conference would request an audience with Bush this week to plead with him to change America's stance. Said Rogers: "We cannot allow Bush to come here, wave a flag and then walk away without doing anything. He has undermined everything that is important about this conference...
...averaging 15. The stock climbed as high as 18, but then the company was jolted by a succession of negative developments. A ruling by the Office of Thrift Supervision forced Southwest to set aside $17 million to cover bad loans in its savings-bank division. And the company's request for a $43 million rate hike was put off by the Arizona public-service commission. Southwest's stock hit the skids, sliding as low as 8 by August. It just goes to show that, even for insiders, playing the market is not a science...
Dean Clark also issued a request to theAdmissions Committee asking them to provide a listof women and minority candidates by next fall.Clark said he was particularly concerned aboutwomen candidates...
...Weld Professor of Law Derrick A. BellJr. requests an extension on his two-year leave ofabsence. Bell took an unpaid leave of absence inApril 1990 to protest the absence of minorityfaculty members. Law School administrators saythat Bell's request will not be granted, thoughthey do not rule out the possibility of hiseventual return...