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Ever since President Richard Nixon fired him as Interior Secretary in 1970, Walter Hickel has coveted the Alaska governorship he gave up to go to Washington. He has tried everything short of a coup d'etat to reclaim it -- Republican primaries, write-in campaigns, even lawsuits. Last week, at 71, Hickel found yet another way to pursue his goal: he became the candidate of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fringe group that wants the state to secede from the U.S. Hickel named as his running mate state senator Jack Coghill, 65, who defected from the No. 2 spot...
...years ago at the Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este. But with only two months left to complete the negotiations, the lofty spirit of the so-called Uruguay Round is bogged down in protectionist politics. The sticking points: how to limit agricultural subsidies, reduce protection for textiles and write new rules for trade in services. Last week President Bush warned against a breakdown in the talks. The Uruguay Round, he said, is "the last train leaving the station, and countries around the world must jump aboard...
...what is believed to be the first time inthe council's nine-year history, a write-incandidate has won a seat. Samuel K. Nelson '92took the fourth seat in Mather House, leavingincumbent Jeffrey M. Perlman '93 out in the cold.Nelson is away for the weekend and could not bereached for comment...
...history books were almost rewritten twicelast night, as The Crimson's own Brian R. Hecht'92, a former council beat reporter, narrowlymissed the fifth Dunster House seat in a write-incampaign waged behind his back...
...course, such stringent safety requirements can make a researcher's life difficult. Nothing can be removed from the BL-3, not even the papers scientists write their data...