Word: deadness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...over the country, are feeling squeezed. Michael Archer, 42, drives a scrap truck for a rendering plant, while his wife Janie works as a waitress in a coffee shop. Their three children, two boys and a girl in their 20s, are all married with children and all working at dead-end jobs: grocery clerk, bartender, waitress. "You can't raise a family on what they make," says Archer, "but those are the only kinds of jobs the kids can get around here." Archer pronounces Dukakis' name "Distakis" and admits that he knows little about the Massachusetts Governor except that...
...extend the democracy of a diverse campus and to energize the half-dead social life, the college needs to move swiftly. One key proposal is a student center with room for campus organizations, bands, pubs, and gathering--open to all students. The center would boost campus cohesion and activity, just as house life has fragmented it. While the houses offer an important range of artistic and tutorial services, a campus-wide student center would provide benefits they cannot offer. As student tuitions continue to rise beyond inflation to fund the growing budget, now is a key time to accommodate student...
...rumor gave way to fact, it became clear that the former Belgian colony had suffered a terrible horror. Last week the Burundian government confirmed that ten days of tribal massacres in the verdant, mountainous communities of Marangara and Ntega had left as many as 5,000 people dead and tens of thousands homeless. Western observers estimate that some 38,000 refugees have fled across the border into neighboring Rwanda, with more arriving every...
...indicted by a grand jury in Chicago, along with former Ohio State Receiver Cris Carter, on charges involving improper payments to college athletes. Such charges are customarily leveled only by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Throughout a long and public investigation, Walters' position has been that Frank Merriwell is dead, and so what if a few undergraduates lose their eligibility in the rush to riches? The N.C.A.A. rules have no weight of real...
...disaster was one of the worst to strike Lisbon in centuries. A ruinous fire last week swept through the Chiado, the capital's historic central shopping district, gutting dozens of buildings and sending shocked residents into mourning for a charred heritage. The conflagration left one dead, 41 injured, 300 homeless and 2,000 shopworkers unemployed. Portuguese officials promised that rebuilding of the Chiado would begin as soon as possible, but for now Lisbon must live with a disfiguring wound...