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Butler said the discussion, announced at the Board's last meeting in September, did not come at the request of three overseers who were elected to the Board on a prodivestment platform. "It was my decision," he said...
...date as the beginning of a peace process rather than a cutoff for achieving the accord's goals. "We never expected that peace and democracy would descend from heaven on Nov. 5," insists a Costa Rican official. In Washington, where congressional opposition promises to doom the White House request for $270 million in fresh contra aid, the Reagan Administration is now talking of delaying its pitch until January...
...contras' civilian leaders are seeking their own accommodation with a peace process that until now has largely excluded them. Last week three civilian leaders, including Alfonso Robelo, visited the Nicaraguan embassy in San Jose to request passports for a return home. It was mainly a propaganda ploy, and the request was refused, but that may soon change. "On Nov. 5, or maybe a few days before," predicts a State Department official, "the Sandinistas will announce they will meet with the contras." Indeed, Managua is filled with rumors that some sort of compromise will be announced after Ortega returns from Moscow...
...board granted their request and, after reviewing the case on Tuesday, voted to reduce Pierce's term of probation to the rest of the semester and to admonish Shustorovich without further punishment...
...night of the party, the studentscomplied with a first request to turn their musicdown, but when McGee asked the students to turnthe music off around 2 a.m., Pierce argued thatCollege rules allowed him to keep the music on ata low level. When the argument grew heated, McGeeconfiscated Pierce's bursar's card and left...