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...with a deformed right arm, and his efforts to overcome that handicap probably contributed to his combativeness. After graduate forays into law and religion -- he once studied for the ministry -- Silber received a doctorate in philosophy from Yale and went on to teach at the University of Texas in Austin. He later served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences there before being named B.U. president in 1971. Since then he has increased the university's budget more than sevenfold, hired and fired faculty with abandon, and imposed his tight moral code on campus. Although Silber has made...
...College received racist notes. In the face of such hostility, the inducements to enroll -- scholarships, minority-student organizations -- seem pale. "Overt racial incidents can have a real psychological effect, even if they don't happen to you," says John Jackson, 23, a black at the University of Texas at Austin...
...heyday, the Lamar Savings Association boasted four large teak elephants in its Austin lobby. They may have impressed the customers, but they did not help the balance sheet. Last week more than 1,000 bidders crowded into a Houston warehouse to see the elephants auctioned off for $1,600 to $2,000 apiece, along with the property of 33 other failed Southwestern thrifts. A 1957 Bentley automobile went for $10,050. Besides computers and other office equipment, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation also sold hand- carved ivory tusks and even two kitchen sinks...
...Mazda's research-and-design center in California, where planners foresaw demand for a car reminiscent of the European roadsters of the 1950s and '60s. Miata's original designer, Mark Jordan, whose father is head of design at GM, drew his inspiration from such legendary nameplates as M.G., Austin-Healy and Lotus...
Still, many families and friends supported the broader purpose. St. Louis stringer Staci Kramer obtained photographs from the mothers of two gun victims. "They want the world to know their children are more than statistics," Kramer explained. The sister of one victim told Chicago's Beth Austin that although her husband was a member of the National Rifle Association, she thought TIME's project "could save some lives." Atlanta stringer Joyce Leviton found that some relatives "wanted to talk for long periods, as if explaining to a stranger would help whatever had gone wrong." Pursuing a picture of a gang...