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JOAN QUIGLEY, MID-60S; SAN FRANCISCO; Astrologer Hillary Clinton is not the first First Lady to take an interest in the otherworldly. In 1988 there was the spectacle of Nancy Reagan's "friend," astrologer Joan Quigley, helping to determine the timing of political events, schedules, press conferences and speeches by the President. Mrs. Reagan had employed Quigley during the 1980 campaign and approached her again after the attempt on her husband's life. The relationship lasted seven years but broke off when Quigley could not avoid publicity. Since then she has written a book about her work with the Reagans while maintaining a "discreet" list of faithful clients. Refusing any comment on the current Gurugate, Quigley simply says her aim is to make quality astrology available to the public. "Anyone can call himself an astrologer," she says. "My work is based on mathematics and the rotation of the planets. You make a diagnosis the way a doctor makes a diagnosis. Psychics don't use any instrument; they just give their impressions."
18 YEARS AGO IN TIME
The Bakke Decision
Affirmative action was and remains one of U.S. justice's toughest calls: "Split almost exactly down the middle, the Supreme Court last week offered a Solomonic compromise...rigid quotas...were forbidden, but...race might legitimately be an element in judging [university applicants]...Writing six different opinions totaling 154 pages, the Justices were as torn [as] the rest of the nation. The case had attracted 61 amicus curiae briefs, [the most ever submitted]...Three times the opinions were sent to the printer only to be pulled back for additions, deletions and revisions. The version finally made public was the fourth. [Justice] Blackmun, in particular, had trouble making up his mind." --July 10, 1978