The Week

■ The augurers are more inscrutable than the Oracle. All we now know for sure is: it’s illegal to discriminate against Allan Bakke.

■ Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd claims that the Congress recognized the angry mood of the taxpayers way back in May and “acted on it.” He was not referring to the memorable 48 hours last month when senators from coast to coast turned the $1.2-billion Navigation Development Act into a $2.6-billion porker.