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...subject of ethnic pride never arose. Dad was simply being practical. In the New York of his day, a tribal pecking order prevailed in many fields. Mario Cuomo, though a top student, couldn't find a berth in any major law firm. Except for the lowliest jobs, Wall Street, insurance and banking were also closed to those of Mediterranean or Slavic descent. A handful of legal and financial establishments were the preserves of high-caste German Jews, seldom hospitable to Polish and Russian Jews. The Postal Service was more ) egalitarian. The merit system allowed a Baratz to rise in rank...
Despite such ideological balance, Halperin has suffered from a hit-and-run campaign by conservative ideologues, most notably Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan Pentagon official who has been firing off tirades at him since last June. From his berth at the right-wing Center for Security Policy, a private Washington research unit, Gaffney has sent streams of faxes showcasing a highly selective sampling of Halperin's writings to a list of 1,200 leading people in Washington...
Harvard plays St. Cloud State University today at 10 a.m. in the second round for a berth in tomorrow's championship game...
...year's big prize went to Columbia (6-1-0), who grabbed the Ivy League's automatic NCAA berth with its 4-2 defeat of defending champion Dartmouth in New York Saturday. Lions forward Rikki Dadason tallied his second straight hat trick in the clinching victory and earned the Player of the Week award for the second straight week and the third time this season...
...more examples of out-of-whack tournament seedings, Brown (5-2-0) is seeding fifth at the ECAC tournament while Cornell (6-1-0) is seeded sixth. The mystery is why Brown, which had to defeat Harvard in overtime to secure is berth, is placed higher than Cornell...