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That position repelled some of the small parties that have been springing up and split others. Nikolai Travkin, head of the Democratic Party of Russia, withdrew promised support; he is under fire from dissenters who accuse him of being -- to borrow an old American term -- soft on communism. They plan to hold a founding congress of yet another new party, an oddly named Liberal- Conservative Union, in late September. This autumn seems likely to witness the birth not of a unified but of a still further splintered opposition...
...Congress Party took the path of least resistance last week: it tapped an uncontroversial party stalwart to serve as the nation's Prime Minister. P.V. Narasimha Rao, 70, who has a heart condition, became the unanimous choice of party legislators after his main rival, Bombay politician Sharad Pawar, 50, withdrew his candidacy for the nation's top post in the name of party unity...
...expect this summer, deputy assistant secretary Victor Stello is an early favorite for the Cabinet post. Stello, a longtime pal of Sununu's, shares his enthusiasm for relaxed regulation of nuclear power. The Administration nominated Stello for a job supervising the nation's nuclear-weapons programs last year but withdrew his name and installed him at a lower level after he was criticized during confirmation hearings for his past performance at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Witnesses accused Stello of deliberately delaying a probe into health and safety procedures at a New York State nuclear-power plant...
...first Gates must win the Senate confirmation that eluded him on his last go-round, in 1987. Then the agency's deputy director, he was criticized for not acting on indications that the Iran-contra scandal was afoot. No wrongdoing by Gates was proved, but he withdrew his name from nomination to spare President Reagan further embarrassment...
Harvard announced several weeks ago that it would cut $500,000 from this year's indirect cost bill. The University withdrew requests for reimbursement of costs which include funds used for a senior dean's retirement party and any costs relating to the home of President Derek...