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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard faculty remain unconvinced. "We could drop the course catalogue in your lap and say, 'We have good courses, and a good faculty. Educate yourself,'" says Dominguez. "The Core is like a Valentine's Day card. It says we care about you more than that...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Realities of a Harvard Education | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

...Stanley Lai '91, candidates for the Asian-American Association copresidency, had planned for their organization. Here is what they wrote in their position paper, which they mailed out before the election: "Perhaps we need a sports team. Let us form a team to be proud of... How about card game nights for rummy, poker or bridge? Pictionary...

Author: By Albert Y. Hsia, | Title: Minority Group Self-Segregation | 3/9/1989 | See Source »

Perkin and Papailias each barely missed out qualifying in the individual competition. The two top seeds advance to the NCAAs and Perkin finished sixth, while Papailias place seventh. The two must hope they are among the five wild-card bids to be selected March...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue, | Title: W. Fencing | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Collecting baseball cards was once every parent's idea of a nice quiet hobby. The only noise it inspired was the popping of bubble gum. But this month LJN Toys will introduce baseball cards that produce their own chatter when inserted into a battery-operated player called Sportstalk. On tiny vinyl records that have been laminated on the back of each baseball card, players from Hank Aaron to Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson reminisce for some two minutes apiece about their famous moments on the field. The retail price for the machine with four cards will be $28; additional four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: Chatter from The Batter | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...million business on the nation's reservations, and for an obvious reason. Since federal laws give Indians some of the privileges of independent countries, gambling operations are free from state regulation. Thus while most church bingo games in the U.S. might permit a maximum prize of $250 a card, the Indian version can offer as much as $50,000 for a single game. Several tribes hire management companies to run their bingo enterprises, and some of these companies, says the FBI, are fronts for organized crime, which skims the profits, leaving a pittance to the Indians. At least the Navajo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting Down the Tribe | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

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