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When Radcliffe made up it's mind to build a gym, the job was as good as done. Nothing could stop the college from going ahead with it's well-intentioned proposal. The idea could not have been more admirable, the college administration thought. They conceived of the gym as one of many projects to make women happy and keep them from yearning for the facilities of Harvard Houses. The college devised a three-point plan that included the construction of a library study center complete with Radcliffe's archives on the bottom level, and a fourth house--to compliment...
Before petitioning for varsity status, any group of students must organize a sport at the club level, then try to build support...
...rest of the independents, it was a disastrous outing. Incumbent Lawrence A. Frisoli lost badly, finishing 13th in the original count. Frisoli tried to build an electoral base on non-existent soil--disenchanted condo owners. They either don't exist or didn't turn out to vote. Leaders of the Concerned Cambridge Citizens (CCC), a group that published no stands on issues but whose candidates were mostly opposed to rent control, found the same hard fact--the traditional city voting blocs, be they liberal or ethnic, are very hard to penetrate. The only candidates useful as barometers...
Saddam Hussein has frenetically tried to build up his personal image in the wake of the purge. His public activities are front-page news in the government-controlled press. His photographs are everywhere. This extravagant cult of personality seems designed to broaden the political base of the new President, particularly among bureaucrats made nervous by the "conspiracy." The President took steps to placate potential opposition within the government. He ordered large salary increases for bureaucrats, police forces and the army and announced plans for often postponed elections to a general assembly. If the carrot fails, Saddam Hussein certainly...
Christine Zane is one of about 100 women at this "21" of gyms who religiously train to build rock-hard muscles and a tight, well-toned look. Women across the country who have been drawn to the rigorous sport claim that they feel stronger and more confident. Stacey Bentley, 23, a body-building champion who moved from Philadelphia to train at Gold's, says she has become a better athlete. "I hadn't skied for a while," said the 5 ft. 2 in. competitor, "but when I did last winter, it felt like I had shock absorbers...