Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Atlanta guard Spud Webb. Meanwhile, the long-range shooting medal went to a 6-ft. 9 1/2-in. forward, Boston's Larry Bird. The game that followed was overpopulated with seven-footers, but the most valuable player happened to be 6-ft. 1-in. Sprite Isiah Thomas of Detroit. Plainly pro basketball has turned itself upside down...
...Born in Detroit, Jarvis moved with his family a year later to the tiny upstate New York village of Mohawk (current pop. 2,959). After graduating from Mohawk High School and receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Jarvis earned a master's degree in engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1969, became a specialist in tactical communications satellites at the Air Force Space Division in El Segundo, Calif., and rose to the rank of captain. During his time in the service...
...Excel is certain to intensify competition among makers of small cars. The rivals include Ford's Escort (base price: $6,052), Chrysler's Omni and Horizon ($6,209), the Toyota Tercel ($5,598), the Nissan Sentra ($5,649) and the Honda Civic ($5,649). Admits one Detroit executive: "The Excel will be a formidable competitor for everybody in the low end of the market...
...Fairmont, West Virginia, Business Manager; Dahlia Weinman '87 of Mather House and Brooklyn, New York, Business Manager; John P. Siracuse '87 of Leverett House and Everett, Massachusetts, Advertising Manager; Judith B. Jackson '87 of Quincy House and Chicago, Illinois, Credit Manager; Karla L. Martin '87 of Leverett House and Detroit, Michigan, Production Manager; Mark N. Diker '88 of North House and New York, New York, Associate Advertising Manager; Betsy Kramer '87 of Quincy House and New York, New York, Special Publications Manager; Jane A. Stackpole '88 of Winthrop House and Elizabeth, New Jersey, Circulation Manager; Kevin S. Buehler...
...past 14 months, groups providing support and sanctuary for Central American refugees have been hit by burglaries, suggesting an organized campaign of harassment. The break-ins have occurred at churches and the offices of sanctuary groups, as well as organizations providing legal guidance to Central American refugees in Seattle, Detroit, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Guadalupe, Ariz., and Cambridge, Mass. Some burglaries are repeat jobs. The Cambridge offices of the New Institute for Central America (NICA), which arranges for Americans to travel to Nicaragua, were ransacked recently for the fourth time. "We think that the Government is behind these acts," said Garrett...