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...Laxalt's decision final? There was no indication to the contrary, but Nevada remembers how Democratic Senator Alan Bible, another of the state's political institutions, announced he was quitting in the mid-1950s, only to reverse himself after arm-twisting by then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Laxalt may genuinely intend to retire, says a Las Vegas insider, but "what if Nevada holds the Senate balance and the call comes next spring: 'I need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Have Paid My Dues | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...course Jack knows little about sailing before arriving in Florida (he crashed into his landlord's boat the first day out), but through a friendship he develops with an of pirate with a hook arm, he learns the ways of the seas...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: No Help | 8/13/1985 | See Source »

Some of these panels hold insights that are perhaps more challenging. Three schoolgirls walk arm-in-arm down a street besides a pink formal building in a better part of a Chilean town. Two wear uniform-white smocks and the one dressed differently glances over her shoulder as all are oddly compelled forward through the photo's composition...

Author: By Jonathan M. Ramiak, | Title: Because Time Goes By | 7/30/1985 | See Source »

...roommates, a few friends from the hall and a few women from upstairs. One of the women from upstairs began drinking heavily as soon as we arrived. She was tall and muscular and rowed crew. She came up to me and told me she could beat me at arm wrestling. I agreed. She then told me she could beat me up. I agreed with her again. Then she said she would demonstrate her strength by tearing apart my beer can, and she did. I couldn't take it after that, so I went home and studied some chemistry. I dubbed...

Author: By Joel A. Getz, | Title: Should I stay or Should I Go? | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

Thus, it becomes clear that the true purpose of the CRR is not to determine what constitutes civil disobedience nor to administer the rightful rewards of civil disobedience, but to prevent students from acting from conscience and actively protesting It serves as a strong-arm of the administration and violates the very rights of political expression, whose protection is ostensibly the sole purpose of its existence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The CRR's Real Purpose | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

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