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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision ruled that the public schools of Dickinson, North Dakota were not obligated to provide free transportation to school for Sarita Kadrmas, an indigent child living 16 miles away. Whether or not Kadrmas could enjoy her education depended entirely on whether she could get to school each...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: A Slow Slide into Mediocrity? | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...keep the earth warm. This greenhouse effect is expected to bring about more change more quickly than any other climatic event in the earth's history. Scientists warn that the changes cannot be stopped, though they can be slowed. But the time is short. Says Robert Dickinson, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research: "We don't have 100 years. We have ten or 20 at most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Environment: Cleaning Up the Mess | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...although at least one woman would climb the fire escape every night to visit her boyfriend. In keeping with the policy of the rest of the college, coats and ties were required at dinner. "We kept a rack of tattered coats and ties by the door," said Jonathan G. Dickinson '65-'67, "and people would just fling on a coat and [loop on] a tie on their way to dinner...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: A Harvard Reunion, Co-Op Style | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Such a move would be devastating for the small companies that have been importing $1.4 million worth of the coffee annually. Says Rink Dickinson, president of Boston-based Equal Exchange, which sells Nicaraguan coffee under its Cafe Nica label: "We feel the rug has been arbitrarily pulled out from under us." Sympathetic Congressmen are urging the Administration to drop the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SANCTIONS: Close to the Last Drop | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Crimson was then fencing for fifth place, but Fairleigh Dickinson foiled Harvard, 9-5, and Wayne St. finished off the Crimson...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Fencers Finish 8th in NCAA Finals | 3/24/1988 | See Source »

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