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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Citing the increasingly familiar refrain, lack of publicity, to explain student indifference to the council, Steven Colarossi '86 and other Dudley House leaders pushed to extend voting. The council quickly complied, moving to keep the polls open in Dudley House until only hours before the student government elected new officers...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Bureaucratic Misrepresentation | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

...impossible to explain how Charlie Hamilton looked with his head in his hands. The only three crews to hit that day were his three. He went back and built a mock arch out of wood in the Connecticut River for his crews to practice with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Challenging Ole Man Charles | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

...first four years of the study, project members will develop software explaining how to use available funds to attain the highest level of academic achievement. These programs or "simulation models" will explain the relative values of books, radios, teacher training, electronic devices, and other teaching aids, McGinn said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ed School Gets Grant To Study School in Third-World Countries | 10/18/1985 | See Source »

Another reason for the maximum drinking age is to keep alcohol away from politicians. Obviously, there's been too much drinking going on in Washington. If you disagree with this premise, then how do you explain the fact that there are $600 thumbtacks in use in the Pentagon...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Adult Responsibilities | 10/15/1985 | See Source »

...curtail the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, better known as Star Wars, if that would mean a deal with the Soviet Union to reduce nuclear weapons? The Reagan Administration last week began a strenuous effort to explain why it is reluctant to do so: because the Soviets began missile- defense research long before the U.S. did, and may have a large lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Star Wars | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

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