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- NATION, Page 20Grapevine
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- THOSE WHO CAN'T, TEACH. Around Harvard, a new name is cropping
- up as a possible successor to Graham Allison, who is stepping down
- this summer as dean of the Kennedy School of Government. The
- prospect is a former professor there, Michael Dukakis. One problem
- is that he is still Massachusetts' Governor. Harvard could name an
- acting dean until Dukakis' term ends at the end of 1990. A less
- likely possibility: Dukakis, given his budget woes and rebellious
- legislature, might resign and take the deanship this fall.
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- DADDY'S BOY. Emboldened by his father's success, the
- President's son George W. Bush, 42, has his eye on the Texas
- Governor's mansion. A former oilman who moved to Dallas after
- working on his father's campaign, Bush (often referred to,
- inaccurately, as George Jr.) has asked friends to poll business
- associates, golf partners and garden-club members about his
- chances. The results have been less than overwhelming. "I like
- Junior," says one respected Texas pol, "but he's just running as
- Prince George, and Texans don't like that kind of thing."
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- TALK ABOUT JUNK BONDS. The latest from the Washington joke
- mill: it looks as if the savings-and-loan bailout will not require
- Quayle bonds after all. And what are Quayle bonds? They have no
- principle (sic), no interest, and they never mature.
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- LOUIS WHO? The guest list for a conference on the "black
- agenda" that Jesse Jackson is convening in New Orleans in April
- includes black leaders ranging from Coretta Scott King to
- Washington Mayor Marion Barry. But one name -- Louis Farrakhan --
- came as quite a surprise, even to Jackson, who said he was furious
- when he learned that the Nation of Islam leader was listed on
- draft schedules. Whether Farrakhan will be asked to speak remains
- in doubt.