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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Assistant Professor of Law Clare Dalton, who was recently denied tenure and is considering suing the University for gender discrimination, made a brief appearance at the rally to express her support for the student protesters. "I feel a great deal of joy, a great deal of encouragement, and I feel as if the struggle is in good hands," she said...
...Nicaragua, the Reagan administration has financed a war which has raged for six years with the express purpose of crushing Nicaragua's economy and making it politically unstable. The contras never had a chance of winning the war on their own. They admitted as much when they decided to negotiate with the Sandinistas as soon as the Congress cut off aid earlier this year. The negotiations have been warmly welcomed by most everybody in Central America except for the Reagan administration, which has spent years trying to prevent such a disaster. Reagan doesn't want the war to stop until...
...could do for an encore. After four years, during which Nunn was busy directing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in London's West End, in opera and in film, the answer emerged: he could top himself on Broadway. Within four days he opened not one but two megamusicals. Starlight Express earned him yet another Tony nomination for directing; so did Les Miserables, for which he won a Tony...
...HomeBuyer Express Card is being offered by CompuFund National Mortgage Network in California, Texas and Washington. After customers pass a mortgage- approval process, perhaps in as little as 24 hours, the cards are sent to them by overnight mail...
...Kennedy mystique seems particularly appealing in 1988. The yearning that some feel to cast a protest vote or express a passion for social change has been partly reflected in the success of Jesse Jackson's candidacy. But the triumph of George Bush and Michael Dukakis has submerged political passion in favor of pragmatism and efficiency. Each has his programs and respectable records. Dukakis even tries to evoke the Kennedy legacy. But they pale in comparison to the faded photographs of Bobby reaching out to endless seas of eager hands and exciting admiring crowds. Bush has apologized to his supporters...