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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forcing him to abdicate his control, leaving him the power only to make wry interjections. With the collapse of any external control the words become coldly manipulative and unbearable--more terrifying than in the first two tales, in which the violence of Angelo's language interrupts the reader's attempt to identify with the characters...

Author: By Thomas A. Christenfeld, | Title: Ivan the Terrifying | 3/1/1986 | See Source »

SASC member Noah M. Berger '89 points to the internship program as an attempt by the university to stifle protests this spring. "They rushed ridiculously to get it out so by the time the protests begin they would have the internship program as something to point to [as an example of their concern about South Africa]," says Berger...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Blossoming With the Spring Flowers | 2/27/1986 | See Source »

Khanjar, speaking at the invitation of the Republican Club, described the toy bombs and mines used by the Soviets against Afghan citizens in an "unsuccessful attempt to demoralize the Afghani people." Such weapons, which maim and mutilate rather than kill, have been banned by the Geneva Convention...

Author: By Dorothy C. An, | Title: Afghan Soldier Speaks Of Soviet Atrocities | 2/26/1986 | See Source »

Also this weekend, Captain Scott Fusco will attempt to break the Harvard all-time assist record--the only major scoring record he doesn't already own. Fusco, with 125 career assists, is only three away from breaking the record of 127 compiled by Joe Cavanagh over the 1968-71 seasons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Look Ahead at This Week in Harvard Sports | 2/25/1986 | See Source »

Melissa A. Frazier '87, who considered opening a shelter in Leverett House with other concerned students following the recent controversy over a short-lived Harvard attempt to keep the homeless off heating grates there, said she doesn't understand the attitude of Central Square residents...

Author: By Barnes C. Ellis, | Title: Shelter Zoning Proposal May Ease Homeless Woes | 2/25/1986 | See Source »

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