Word: alan
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Afro rewrote its proposal for the Afro Department in time for the April 22 meeting of the Faculty. After Alan Heimert introduced the proposal for Faculty consideration, a lengthy and heated discussion involving faculty and student observers ensued. The most controversial aspect of the Afro proposal was the demand for student representation on the department's executive board and a student voice in the hiring and firing of faculty. Despite stiff objection to these demands by allies of Rosovsky, the Faculty accepted the Afro proposal by a significant margin...
...posh voices. "Run!" But I was deaf, daft and blind, and stood where I was, still tasting bark in my mouth and still blubbing like a baby, blubbing now out of gladness that I'd got them beat at last. --From The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe...
...Rauschenberg for only $900 in 1958 and resold it recently for $85,000-a return on the original investment of more than 9,300%. One expert estimates that a good coin collection has appreciated in value by 75% annually for the last few years. Last summer Cleveland Coin Dealer Alan Yale, an ex-stockbroker, bought Mexican gold 50-peso pieces for $173 each; today they are selling for $241 each. Even collectors of the cheapest U.S. coin may soon be able to turn a profit. If the price of copper reaches $1.51 per Ib. (it is now more than...
...employs a "racist ideology" comparable to that used by the Nazis. When viewed from the perspective of the values that we share, it is beyond doubt, near--though not at--the top of any list of nations, and clearly at the top of the nations in the Middle East. Alan Dershowitz Professor...
...Died. Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher, 75, obstetrician and leading apostle of the family-planning movement; of leukemia; in Manhattan. A respected professor and clinician, Guttmacher preached that birth control information and devices must be made available to everyone. In 1962 he became president of Planned Parenthood-World Population and began jetting the globe to spread his message. He urged the use of I.U.D.s in underdeveloped countries, arguing that imperfect contraception was better than none...