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There was a long queue last week at the bread shop on Leningrad's Nevsky Prospekt. "They are selling special holiday loaves," explained a woman in line, as she stamped her feet against the cold. Yes, she knew about the U.S. grain embargo, imposed a year ago this week...
All along, the President-elect had made plain that he wanted to fill his Government with individuals whose portfolios were already stamped with success. Amateurs and the unproven ambitious need not apply, though the proof of prior competence need not be in Government service. That meant, as Reagan knew, a...
And there were some sighs of surprise. The citizens of Bradner, Ohio, could hardly believe their eyes when they opened their utility bills from the board of public affairs. All were stamped MERRY CHRISTMAS! PAID. Explained Board Chairman Dick Fairbanks, thinking perhaps of three other government officials who bore gifts...
So Hemphill finished her undergraduate program at the University of Connecticut, then returned to Harvard's Graduate School of Education, where she is a second-year student. Although she was permitted to reenter the University system, there remains a visible reminder of her transgression--in large block letters taking up...
BUT ALL THAT DOES NOT excuse the University from looking for less dramatic, more subtle ways to fight tuition increases and to provide students more for their money. Morvay's salary paid for his $700,000 financial-aid find, and the seed sowed for Abernathy & company's energy study should...