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There are also stratagems for a late starter to use in picking up delegates from states where he is not on the ballot. One is to win over delegates who are officially running as uncommitted. Cuomo's admirers have already entered a technically uncommitted but actually pro-Cuomo slate in the Illinois primary March 17. The most far-out scenario is a postprimary draft; it seems so reminiscent of the boss-ridden days as to be almost unimaginable...
...With the slate wiped clean, suppliers who were reluctant to extend credit are shipping merchandise again, and banks that refused loans are opening their purse strings. In negotiating to reduce its $5.3 billion debt load, the big retailer is expected to close some of its 251 stores, which include Bullock's and I. Magnin. Coincidentally, Macy's filing came just one week before Allied and Federated stores were to emerge from the largest bankruptcy in the industry's history...
With the election of a new slate of officers last week and the recent completion of a new building, the Catholic Students Association (CSA) is looking to expand both its membership and the reach of its programs...
During the last decade, activist overseers have challenged the Corporation's rule, urging the University to divest of its South Africa-related stock. In the mid-1980s, Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA) began nominating candidates by petition to run against the University's official slate...
...much of a real influence the Board will exert in upcoming years remains to be seen. In the meantime, alternative slate candidates continue to run for positions on the Board even though the time for divestment seems to have passed. HRAAA's current officers say they have redefined their agenda to include "broader issues of social responsibility...