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...months after College recognition of a campus organization for Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) students incited widespread debate, the club has become dormant and has scheduled no activities for this fall...
When Mount St. Helens exploded with cataclysmic fury in 1980, many Americans regarded it as an isolated example of nature on the rampage. Geologists, however, have long known that the restless mountain was only one of many dormant volcanoes in the American West. Although some have not stirred in tens of thousands of years, there is no assurance that one or more will not erupt again, perhaps in the near future. As scientists say, "There is no such thing as a dead volcano...
...dramatic rise in interest from a traditionally politically dormant group has several sources. One is the increasing success of Black politicians across the country. Harold Washington's ascension to the Chicago mayoralty and Wilson Goode's primary victory in Philadelphia came after massive voter registration drives. Another reason is the increase in Black success locally--in 1981, the first Black person was elected to the Boston city council since 1968, and for the first time ever two Blacks made it to the school committee. This year, there is the credible mayoral candidacy of a Black, Melvin H. King. "I want...
...bill calling for such compensation has been dormant in the House since it was introduced four years ago by Rep. Joe De Nucci (D-Newton) on the urging of Northeastern President Kenneth Ryder and Newton Mayor Ted Mann...
...heart," says the priest. "It will be very hard to overcome these feelings." Yet he harbors a peculiar optimism. "The antipathy is very old, but we have lived in peace before. The hatred revives every 20 years or so. There is fighting, and then the hatred becomes dormant again. It will come to a stop some day as it has before...