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Dates: during 1980-1989
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State Rep. David B. Cohen (D-Newton) said that the final budget will differ from Dukakis' proposal because the legislature will try to fill in some funding gaps that have not been adequately...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: State Budget to Face Revisions | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...teaching ability already plays a significant part in tenure decisions, and students may not be able to evaluate teaching properly, said Joel Porte, chairman of the English department. "Our own judgment of scholarship might differ from the way studentswould react," Porte said...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: CUE Discusses Student Input in Tenure Process | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

Dijkstra's thesis is a familiar feminist argument: that the 19th century man wanted women to remain passive, dependent, domestic and obedient, and that any female who ventured to differ was regarded as at best a shrew and at worst a witch or even a vampire. He buttresses this argument with evidence from both high culture and high camp. He decries Henry James' Verena Tarrant (in The Bostonians) and Tennyson's Lady of Shalott for their dim-witted self- sacrifice, and he manages to get angry about even such endearing targets as Dracula and Trilby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Self-Indulgences Idols of Perversity | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...dorm] obviously needs to be renovated," Farber said. "Everyone's aware in general that something needs to be done, but opinions differ about what to do and when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Falling Ceiling At 8 Prescott Floods Room | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

...many areas the violence is part of a struggle among South Africa's black factions for the soul of the antiapartheid movement and for political power. The battle is waged between youths and their elders, between tribes, classes and political organizations. The names and identities may differ widely, as gangs call themselves the A-Team, the Green Berets, Amabutho (the Warriors) or Mabangalala (the Intimidators). In Soweto, the conservative Zulu tribesmen are often in open warfare with the more radical Xhosas. In Kwanobuhle, the fighting is between members of the all-black Azanian People's Organization and ) the multiracial United...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa The War of Blacks Against Blacks | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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