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...Speaker cannot and should not resort to the ways of his predecessor. The fear that representatives will not speak their minds if the press is present at the caucus meetings is groundless. There is always internal communication, but most important sometimes politicians must and should he encouraged to speak their minds. At least the public will then understand the choices being made--information to which it has a right...
...expected a change," says Will Adams. "It shows you how naive people are." Whenever the new owner appeared at the marina, fresh rumors broke out: their cozy anchorage would be replaced by a high-class resort with . tennis courts, gambling and gourmet restaurants. Some things were certain. Theurer had a custom sportfishing boat docked in the marina named the A/C D/C. He is 58. One of the few things he would tell a reporter was that he was raised in New York's Hell's Kitchen and never went past the seventh grade. He has a collection of gold chains...
...must be taken campus-wide, and alumni and as-yet-unrepresented staff should be polled. The ACSR's recommendations might ormight not change, but theyw ould at least be fair and representative of the board's constituency, and activists would have a forum to voice concerns without having to resort to Luddite tactics. The University could still dispose of the recommendations as it pleased, but every time it so, it would be fighting the majority of the Harvard community and not just a few selected individuals who "work...
When police in the Pacific resort town of Puerto Vallarta received the call, it sounded like a routine office robbery at the local bus depot. But when the thieves took refuge in a nearby house guarded by armed men, the police called in the army and state troopers. What they found when they finally stormed the house resulted in Mexico's biggest assault to date on the international narcotics business...
...corporate jets, often to and from his farm in Albany, Ga.; $538,781 for contributions and memberships, including country-club fees for top executives; and $155 for the kenneling of a dog named Fursten while its owner, a General Dynamics executive, attended a company conference at a South Carolina resort. At last week's hearing, Dingell quizzed Lewis about a $571.25 charge for a king-size Serta Perfect Sleeper mattress and box-spring set, which was delivered to the Clayton Inn in suburban St. Louis. "It was for Mr. Veliotis," said Lewis, who explained that the executive said he needed...