Word: comments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conceded that athletes were often carried, and their lawyer argued that if an illiterate jock learned to read at Georgia and thus became a mail clerk instead of a garbage man, the university was doing its job. A tape playback of Trotter addressing a faculty meeting included her comment that if teachers thought some of the athletes had a bona fide chance of graduating, "we're talking through our hats." Apparently so: the Macon Telegraph and News reported that in ten years only 17% of Georgia's black football players graduated...
...banner ^ addressed to him: SPEAK UP FOR THE RELIGION THAT YOU SACRIFICED YOURSELF FOR. Shcharansky looked troubled as he proceeded to pray at the sacred Western Wall of the Old City. He did not appear eager to become embroiled in a religious or political controversy. When asked later to comment on the fact that any Israeli political party would be pleased to have him as a spokesman, Shcharansky parried the question, saying the Soviet Union was not a good place to learn about political parties since it had only one, "and the one party I would not work...
...Reporter, which contains no editorial comment, describes the business practices and records of social responsibility of various corporations...
...this comment by a Colorado state legislator during a debate over drinking and driving that persuaded Kathleen Kelley to enter politics. That very legislator would be her first political opponent...
Grace company officials declined to comment on the Harvard study, saying the judge imposed a restraining order in the case...