Word: arene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...live at home, persevere in school and juggle their studies with a low-paying job. The wonder is that there are so many of them. "Most of our youngsters are not involved in crack," says Frances Pitts, chief judge of the juvenile courts in Wayne County, Mich. "Most aren't running around with guns. Most aren't killing people. Most are doing very well -- against great odds." These are the youngsters who fit Jesse Jackson's words: "You were born in the slum, but the slum wasn't born...
...seek to accomplish something much more basic than pure academic instruction. By socializing with the prioners, tutors say, they hope to help the inmates reintegrate themselves into mainstream society. "We're trying to give them an outlet to the outside world," Walter says. "Exposure to nice, happy people who aren't involved in crime is good for them...
Michael Dukakis' career has been marked by a supreme self-sufficiency. As Governor, he has tended to keep his own counsel. When asked to name his boss's five or six closest advisers, a Dukakis aide said, "Some people might argue that there aren't five or six." But in recent years Dukakis has learned, if only by necessity, to rely on a wider group. As the campaign gathers momentum, the outlines of a Dukakis brain trust are taking shape...
...first act, the characters are members of a supposedly repressed 1880s British family in colonial Africa. The Big Joke, I suppose, is the shameless promiscuity behind the family's stiff-upper-lip facade. So what? Imperialist Victorians aren't exactly a daring target for satire. They are no harder to make fun of than, say, 1980s yuppies...
...geared at a higher level," Bavalos said. "Our support and fans are not content with sportsmanship; they want to win. In the Ivy League, coaches aren't fired for having an off-year...