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...October 22: at the first meeting of the CCL, considered the clubs' de facto deadline for response, Epps relays the clubs' request for more time to debate. In a joint written statement, they announce, "a substantial majority of the members of all clubs does not favor a change in policy...
Ronald Reagan showed last week that beneath his affable facade beats the heart of an exasperated politician. At a meeting at the White House, the President once more called upon a group of Republican legislators to support his Administration's request for aid to the Nicaraguan rebels, known as the contras. Even as he spoke, Reagan knew that despite his pleas, Congress would not pass a military-aid bill for the rebels. The President reportedly pounded his fist on the table.* "We have got to get where we can run a foreign policy without a committee of 535 telling...
...Friday, the judge gave the state three more days to locate Isles, and told the defense to be ready with its side of the case. The missing mistress also prompted Von Bulow's attorneys to offer their fourth request for a mistrial, based on the prosecution's opening statement that previewed Isles' expected testimony...
...allies is still in a very early stage. Congress might slow the timetable too. The House Armed Services Committee voted early this month to reduce the Star Wars research appropriation for fiscal 1986, which starts Oct. 1, to $2.5 billion, a cut of one-third from the Administration's request of $3.7 billion. That, however, still marks a huge increase over the $1.4 billion appropriated for the current fiscal year...
Also, this rejection of the postponement request is a slap in the face to student confidence in the College. It remains ironic that such a student request has been denied in a semester in which the College has made student-Faculty contact a focal point of discussion in its top committees...