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...little girl sat around the checkerboard. Theirs is a world in which every boy matures to master small motors, to understand the importance of the cotter pin. The importance of the old 14th, however, is an acquired taste Burroughs has not acquired, and Roach has. Burroughs began to walk away, then sighed, sat down and made a move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Undefeated Champion | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...person approach gets praise from W.W. Washburn, head of admissions at the University of Washington. But other administrators award her a D-. A spokesman for Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., charges that factual errors in Birnbach's treatment of his school are "just appalling." William Cotter, president of Colby College in Maine, fumes, "I can't get over how superficial and sloppy the Colby entry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Life Before the Preppies | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

Supporters of the proposed anti-seizure bill, however, such as the New England Anti-Vivisection League and the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have been campaigning for 10 years to curb such practices. "The argument is one of humanity," said Edward Cotter, the legislative lobbyist for the proposed bill. "Many of these dogs were once people's pets," he said...

Author: By Jacob M. Schleenoer, | Title: Dog Experimentation Bill May Limit Research | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

...bill passed the House in late June by a 137 to 2 vote. It is currently on its way to a floor vote in the Senate and Cotter said he is "cautiously optimistic" that the code will become law before the end of the year...

Author: By Jacob M. Schleenoer, | Title: Dog Experimentation Bill May Limit Research | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

...supporters of the bill argue that medical researchers are "distorting the facts." Cotter said that specially-bred animals can be used directly for experimentation, while pound animals need to be treated medically through a process that increases their cost...

Author: By Jacob M. Schleenoer, | Title: Dog Experimentation Bill May Limit Research | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

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