Giuliani: Willing to Play Hardball With Higher Education

As mayor, the Republican presidential candidate aggressively pushed for change at the City U. of New York

Rudolph W. Giuliani had already begun to solidify his reputation as a tough-minded mayor, willing to weather criticism as he sought to cleanse New York's streets of litter and lawlessness, when he turned to overhauling the city's public university.

As Mr. Giuliani, a Republican, entered his second term as mayor, almost 10 years ago, he called for an end to open-enrollment

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