Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course, Phillips Brooks House should keep a closer watch on its various organizations in order to prevent such incidents from happening. But as is evident from the recent Iran-contra hearings, not even the President of the United States can keep track of all of his programs...
Although these changes are not revolutionary, some may object, saying that a university should go no farther, that it is up to society to change its attitudes before universities can change them for society. But on closer inspection, it is clear that the university is one of the places where social standards and codes of human behavior can be transformed--whether for good or bad--as witnessed in the anti-Vietnam protests of the 1960s...
...Catering to the bargain hunters, the New York City-based Inter- Continental hotel chain plans to slash rates by up to 60% next week at 30 of its hotels in 23 European cities and guarantee the prices in dollars. While they are in Europe, Americans seem to be paying closer attention than usual to such expenses as food, entertainment and gifts, which can often add up to half the total cost of the trip. Says Carolyn Bartkus, 22, a Houston homemaker who was visiting London with her husband last week: "We adapt and eat in pubs, like the British...
...high court moved closer to its summer close, there was a flurry of other significant decisions. The Justices ruled 5 to 4 that because of its inflammatory nature, evidence of a murder's impact on the victim's family is not admissible at a death-sentencing hearing. The court unanimously struck down a Los Angeles International Airport regulation designed to protect harried air travelers from the entreaties of preachers and leafleteers. The Justices concluded that the rule banning all "First Amendment activities" was too broad, and left open the possibility that narrower restrictions might be acceptable...
...recent unrest, however, has brought the opposition and the students closer together. "We do need the party to help us organize," concedes a young demonstrator. Operating under the umbrella of the newly formed National Coalition for a Democratic Constitution, students and Reunification Party leaders have joined with church and human-rights groups to plan many of the recent protests. Government forces have responded by arresting 13 top Reunification Democrats, including Vice President Yang Soon...