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...other action at its meeting yesterday, the committee also received statistics on the ratios of men to women in the Houses and discussed possible complications in a plan to house transfer students at Peabody Terrace next fall...
...countrymen would agree. Without the Great Conciliator, as he is known, a smooth transition to democracy after more than 21 years of military rule may be threatened. Although Vice President Jose Sarney, 54, has directed the transfer so far, his background as an ex-member of the military-backed former ruling party makes him unpalatable as President to many factions in a delicately balanced government. The problem may be academic. Said Sarney at week's end: "I am confident that Tancredo Neves will be sworn in as President in ten to 15 days...
...Konstantin Chernenko. One of the more ironic flaws of the Soviet system is that while it is dedicated to the acquisition, consolidation and extension of power, while it prides itself on discipline and the subordination of the individual to the institution, it is incapable of providing for the timely transfer of power as leaders grow old and sick...
Momentarily fazed, the Brazilians decided to go ahead with the transfer of power anyway, if in a less exuberant fashion. Inauguration parades were canceled, but Neves' Vice President, Jose Sarney, 54, took his oath of office as planned. Sarney then swore in Neves' 28-member Cabinet and prepared to serve as acting President until Neves finally takes his own oath, possibly this week...
...attorney for Turner Broadcasting (estimated 1984 sales: $300 million) met with FCC commissioners last week and supposedly discussed the possible acquisition of CBS. Turner denied that the talks concerned a CBS buy-out. He said Charles Ferris, a Turner attorney, had made inquiries to the FCC about license- transfer procedures and that the talks were "not related to any particular broadcast group." On Wall Street, analysts doubted Turner had the financial clout to launch a successful fight...