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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fortunately, the Ivy League schools give a great deal of financial assistance to those students who are in dire economic straits. Sometimes, that aid is enough to match the scholarship offers coming from other institutions. But the assistance is frequently not enough for those who come from middle-income backgrounds...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Ivy League Basketball: A Shooting Star | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

...agreement committed Ivy League schools to fielding teams of scholar-athletes. Finanical aid, the agreement said, should be distributed according to need, not on the basis of athletic talent...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Ivy League Football: A Tradition in Transition | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

Selection committees often judge on the latter part of the season, and this factor would aid the Crimson's chances, as both of its losses came during spring break. The losses came at the hands of Temple and Loyola. Harvard, however, was able to keep within a touchdown of the top-ranked Owls, losing by only five goals...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Laxwomen Grab 1988 Ivy Crown | 4/27/1988 | See Source »

...illegality of the Matta nabbing, which blatantly thwarted a provision of the Honduran constitution that protects citizens from extradition. For years Honduras has been a reluctant party to Reagan's war on Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinistas. While acting as host to the contras in exchange for extensive military aid, Honduran leaders have repeatedly issued embarrassed denials that rebel bases exist within their borders. But more than once Honduras was forced to give the lie to its own claims. Just last month the Hondurans were compelled by Washington to request assistance to halt a Sandinista cross-border attack aimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Is No Plan B | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Democrats are pretty much preaching similar messages; the contest concerns who can sound the most convincing. They all castigate the Reagan Administration for big talk but little action in the war against drugs. All of them threaten to cut off aid to foreign nations that refuse to cooperate in stopping the flow of drugs. All urge more support for the Coast Guard, Customs and the Drug Enforcement Agency. All endorse the idea of a drug czar and increased funding for drug treatment and rehabilitation programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding The Drug Issue | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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