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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...yield for Black students this year is 65 percent, while the number of Hispanic students deciding to attend Harvard jumped 10 percent this year, with 59 percent of all those admitted accepting the offer. The percentage of Asian students choosing to come to Harvard exceeds the College's overall acceptance yield, with 79 percent electing to study in Cambridge for the next four years...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Freshman Class Sets Application Records | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...Kelly S. Mikelson '92 staying near home a key factor in her decision to attend Harvard. A resident of Brookline, Mikelsoln came to Massachusetts two years ago and says she is not ready to leave. "I really like this city," she says. "It's incredibly diverse and a comfortable place...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: The Aspirations of Five Fresh Freshmen | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

Jean-Marie Alves '92 says she had no idea she would attend Harvard until her college visit last spring. "I applied to seven schools and had a really tough time deciding where to go. I think it was the friendliness of the people I met here that made the difference...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: The Aspirations of Five Fresh Freshmen | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

Cardenas' constituency is darker and poorer and more likely to be wearing scruffy sandals than well-heeled shoes. They are often a good deal humbler than the thousands of campesinos shipped in by the ruling party to attend Salinas rallies. "All our expenses are paid by P.R.I.," said Maria Hernandez Moreno, waiting to greet Salinas in the mining town of Guanajuato. "We are brought here by bus and get lunch and sodas as well." When several hundred cheered Cardenas at a meeting in the plaza of Apaseo el Grande, an organizer proudly told the candidate, "The promise of neither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico Almost a Horse Race | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

Some 10,000 people took advantage of sunny weather last week to attend the town of Lisburn's annual "fun run." The final race, a 13-mile half marathon, had just ended, and the assembled throng was beginning to disperse. Suddenly the peaceful scene was shattered by an explosion that turned a blue van slowing for a traffic light into a fireball. All six passengers, British soldiers who had participated in the races, were killed. The only wonder was that there were no fatalities among onlookers, though eight of them were injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland Marathon of Death | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

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