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...council, it seems, had received a request from a club to fund a visit to Harvard by Ella Grasso, the first female governor of Connecticut. But even the student government of mighty Harvard did not have the resources to bring her to Cambridge...
Since 1983, Honduran military officials have pressed Washington to provide them with sophisticated jet fighters. The Reagan Administration has now decided to honor that request, despite its previous refusals to supply Honduras with advanced warplanes. Instead of the U.S. F-5s that they originally requested, however, the Hondurans have opted to use U.S. military aid to buy 18 Israeli Kfir jets. "We saw problems from the American Congress in getting the F-5s," said a Honduran official...
...Shin, and Daniel Buchanan '88 helped serve rice, beans, and dayold baked goods provided by "Bread, not Bombs," a group whose philosophy links military budgets to hunger. The Kendall Square-based group salvages and hands out food from local restaurants and supermarkets along with anti-nuclear leaflets. The servers request but do not require payment for the food...
...Harvard Corporation has yet to respond to a request by 19 student and alumni organizations as well as more than 500 undergraduates that the University's chief governing body open up its meeting this month...
While University officials ponder their response to the two-week-old request, the undergraduates involved in the effort said they will step up pressure on the governing body to open one of its November meetings...