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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Steiner, however, won't take no for an answer. He maintains that there is "clearly a vulnerability" to suits in present admissions practices, and that it would be "unwise" fro the University not to make changes...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Errors of Admissions | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

...question no one can answer is annoyingly simple: Why? Because the psychotic, power-mad and paranoid preacher they followed from California to South America told them the time had come? Because someone--apparently acting on Jones's orders--murdered a Congressman and a couple of journalists? When Masada's people did away with themselves, there was something approaching a good reason, but that essential motivation just cannot be found in the Jonesville case...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: A World Gone Berserk | 11/30/1978 | See Source »

...question-and-answer period following his speech, Dukakis said improvements in mass transportation, including the extension of the Red Line through Cambridge, were a vital part of urban renewal...

Author: By Stephen R. Latham, | Title: Dukakis Speaks on Urban Renewal | 11/30/1978 | See Source »

During the question and answer period following the talks, the two lecturers disagreed on the policy of grading students. Gould said that he believes the current grading system is unfair because it makes fine distinctions that are often used later as a criteria for job placement...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Danforth Panel Discussion Features Bell and Gould | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

Against all odds, logic, or reason, the answer is yes. Devo is that near-extinct animal, the rock band with a message. Its name doesn't come, as you might expect, from "deviant"--Devo draws its identity from a theory called "De-evolution," the idea that homo sapiens is on its way back down that ol' Darwinian scale. As a result, the band's songs tend to be about mental deviants, physiological functions, and the detritus of modern American life...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Nothing Like Nihilism | 11/28/1978 | See Source »

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