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After months of clamoring for more high-tech aircraft, Saudi Arabia has reversed the throttle and quietly backed off its request for 72 more F-15 jet fighters. KING FAHD's surprising flip-flop may prove to be a pragmatic move. The Saudis relish their role as Washington's pre-eminent Arab partners in the Middle East peace process, so they would rather not risk embarrassing GEORGE BUSH. The $4 billion transaction would have undercut the President's vow to scale back arms sales to the Middle East and would surely launch a bruising battle between the White House...
...Faculty Council selected four of its members yesterday to advise it on how to address the Corporation's request that faculty members report their outside activities...
Liem, who is also Henry Bryant Bigelow Professor of Icthyology, sought to use his expertise in marine life to solve Dunster's insect infestation. His personal request: "I wish I had ant-eating fish...
Lacayo wanted to see a copy of his credit report because he had applied for a mortgage and knew that his bank would be seeking the same information. He sent his request to TRW, one of the companies that compile credit histories, along with a $16 fee. While waiting for the copy, Richard, who strikes most of us as about as likely to get into credit trouble as he is to sprout wings and soar from his 23rd-floor-office window, combed through his memory for any instances of financial delinquency. "I once borrowed $25 from a friend in high...
Lasch and Bludworth seem determined to prove the opposite. With an ice-cold calculation that belies her china-doll looks, Lasch has challenged virtually every request, motion or unanswered question from the Kennedy camp. When she learned that Smith had at one point retained Washington attorney Herbert J. Miller, she demanded that Miller be ousted and waved a book that described his role as Kennedy's counsel in the purported cover-up of the Chappaquiddick affair. "She knows her arguments, your argument and a few arguments nobody mentions," says Bludworth. Most of all, she is not afraid to make...