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Although College officials would not provide a numerical breakdown of guests invited because of their donations, they did agree that past giving to the University's treasure chest had something to do with their fancy invites. And for those graduate schools that provided figures, spokesmen say that a sizable number of the representatives are there because of past giving...
...several years Exxon, traditionally a major source of funding for Middle East-related research, has reduced its support for Centers like Harvard's, according to Exxon spokesman Donald L. Snook. Spokesmen for Chevron and for other "petrodollar" companies say their companies have made similar funding cuts. They say such reductions will continue for the foreseeable future...
...Spokesmen for Corcorans and J. August agreed that Commencement week is among the busiest times of the year. "Hopefully sales will go up considerably," said Kelly I. Saeger, manager of J. August, adding that the favorite items this year are reverse-weave Harvard sweatshirts, crew neck shirts and the standard T-shirts...
...borders make bad neighbors, as the U.S. and Mexico demonstrated again last week. At a Senate hearing guided by North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms, U.S. officials unleashed a fusillade of criticism at Mexico for its laxness on drug trafficking. Spokesmen for the Drug Enforcement Administration and + Customs Service charged that 32% of all marijuana, 32% of all heroin and 30% of all cocaine used in the U.S. are supplied from or routed through Mexico. They also charged that Mexican authorities continue to protect powerful "narcotraficantes...
Packed trains from the beleaguered Ukrainian capital streamed into Moscow during the week. Many Kiev passengers were arriving to join families for Friday celebrations of Victory Day, a national holiday marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, but many others were fleeing radiation from Chernobyl. Spokesmen at Moscow's Kievsky Station said extra trains had to be added to handle the crush. Said a Kiev passenger who arrived with two young children and identified herself only as Svetlana: "We started to believe that it might be dangerous for our children at home. They can stay with their grandmother until we know...