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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to making hypocrites of our spacemen, it would call for a return to the old-time two facedness described by White. If Americans refuse to accept the fact that all people (including victims of racial bias) are prejudiced to some degree, they risk losing the ability to distinguish racism from ethnic humor...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Loaded Terms | 3/15/1984 | See Source »

...court ruling came in the Grove City College's Bell case. The small fundamen talist college in Pennsylvanta refused to provide a statement to the Department of Education, saying that it did not distinguish between men and women when considering admissions applications...

Author: By William S. Benjamin, | Title: High Court Restrains Title IX Powers | 2/29/1984 | See Source »

...still too early for most foreigners to distinguish between the Democratic candidates, but President Reagan's tenure has given most nations a clear indication of what four more years of the Administration might mean. After the primaries have determined which Democrat will challenge Reagan, most analysts feel more world attention will be focused on the American political race...

Author: By Caria D. Williams, | Title: They'll Be Watching Us | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...with American foreign policy for the last 15 years, and the present estrangement from U.S. government is just a slight intensification of that trend, Vernon says. In terms of the election, the French prefer any change to Reagan, but at the same time, no attempt has been made to distinguish between the Democratic alternatives. The Italians, like the French, have become more embittered toward the United States under Reagan, particularly in the wake of the recent Euromissile deployment...

Author: By Caria D. Williams, | Title: They'll Be Watching Us | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...open-ended. But were it in fact closed, its source of vitality would disappear. Even in the story's framework. Donoso questions the validity of his assertion that art is only artifice. Facades of fiction continuously shatter, and the characters reconstruct them each time. Eventually it becomes impossible to distinguish lies from truth, fiction from reality...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Art of Artifice | 2/24/1984 | See Source »

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