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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women are looking to advance in politics,they will probably have an easier time doing sowithin the Republican Party than the DemocraticParty, although the Democrats better addresswomen's issues, several panelists added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chisholm Tells Women To Seek Power, Identity | 10/28/1987 | See Source »

...what's available. It has to do with the the frustrations of finding out what's available--and with screwing up the courage to walk into some professor's office and ask the basic questions academics entered university life, at least in part, to answer. It should be easier for students to find the sources of information that now lurk behind platoons of department secretaries, deputy assistant head tutors and signs listing each professor's four weekly office hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Screwing Up Courage | 10/28/1987 | See Source »

...choosing. I would root for the Tigers over the Twins. After all, they play on grass in an urban park. Moreover, this traditionalist remembers the old 8-team leagues with fondness, and tends to favor the survivors. Shades of Ty Cobb, and all that. The National League was even easier. I decided finally to let bygones be bygones. It has been almost 30 years after all--and San Francisco is a swell place. I would finally forgive Horace Stoneham and root for the old New York Giants on the West Coast. The warm memories flooded...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: On Rooting | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...court of public opinion, the players lost horribly. Scoffing at the idea of free agency for $230,000 athletes, somehow the fans found it easier to relate to Detroit Owner William Clay Ford or Washington's Jack Kent Cooke (worth $900 million apiece). Stadium crowds seemed to be bouncing back, suggesting the customers might be warming to new heroes, but more than anything else, the strikers missed their paychecks. They had to wait an extra week to be reunited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Line Crumbles | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

Offensive Line: The big boys up front have done a solid job up front protecting Mr. Yohe, although: a)their job is made easier by the fact that Yohe scrambles out of the pocket on nearly every play, and b)their job is made harder by the fact that Yohe scrambles out of the pocket on nearly every play...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Gridders' Report Card | 10/22/1987 | See Source »

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