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...abruptly announcing that he would quit his post "to regain the trust of the people." Yet his departure had been a long time coming, as pressure built for months over what the Japanese call kinken-seiji, or money politics, the well-oiled system by which the nation's leaders attain power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Sand in a Well-Oiled Machine | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...qualify for regionals, a rider has to attain at least 28 points. In the last show of the season, the freshman won a blue ribbon (seven points) to reach regionals, her fourth ribbon of the year...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Equestrian | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

They may plan festive retreats once a year. And they may publish a "leader's handbook" which presumably would help run-of-the-mill Harvard students attain the exalted "student officer" status...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Star Chamber | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

...stunned. "Must be a cruel joke," I thought. Or perhaps some strange dining hall prophecy about a March to come to in a distant future, when even Seafood Seashell Scampi or the nameless big beefy "extravaganzas" in brown gravy will attain nutritional grandeur...

Author: By Joseph C. Tedeschi, | Title: Beating the Crispito Blues | 3/14/1989 | See Source »

...point is that diversity is a goal worth some sacrifice from all of us, and a goal that isn't achieved spontaneously. Moreover, diversity is worthwhile in a college which can attain it so easily as Harvard can. Members of the College would do well to pursue a healthy balance between choice and diversity and support Jewett's new proposal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Temporary Victory | 3/9/1989 | See Source »

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