Word: schaefer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...control advocates were ecstatic last spring when the Maryland legislature passed one of the country's toughest bills limiting the manufacture and sale of cheap handguns. But even as Governor William Schaefer signed the new bill into law, the gun lobby was collecting the 33,000 signatures necessary to put it to a referendum next Tuesday. The result is the most expensive election campaign in Maryland history, a fight that pits the National Rifle Association against many of Maryland's leading politicians...
...canvass urban neighborhoods, proclaiming that cheap handguns are often the only means poor people have to defend themselves against crime. Outspent more than 12 to 1, defenders of the gun ban have countered by emphasizing its many influential backers, including the state's largest law-enforcement agencies. Governor Schaefer was so outraged by the N.R.A.'s campaign that he is starring in a TV spot on behalf of gun control. "The gun lobby is spending millions to mislead you about the law," he declares, taking a swipe at the group. "Let's win one for Maryland...
...fraternities stress being a good line brother. They stress the line brothers doing everything together. They alternate campuses, and places on campus, and they all sleep together. Every night [during part of the pledging period], they had to march back from the Quad on line" singing fraternity chants, Schaefer says...
...effects of a de-centralized system are painfully obvious in other schools' attitude towards the Business School," Schaefer says...
...chapter alone will probably not sufficiently meld the nine graduate schools into a cohesive conglomerate, council members say. Schaefer has suggested that the group ask undergraduates to join to further unify the University's students. While the council has not officially considered this proposal, Schaefer says that he has received positive feedback from his colleagues...