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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...questionable, however, whether the Group of Seven finance ministers will always be able to agree on mutual policies. If they do not see eye to eye, there are no penalties prescribed for nations that fail to fall in line. The U.S. contends that the frequency and publicity of the G-7 conferences will inspire the nations to adhere to their agreements. But the Reaganauts were disappointed by the summiteers' failure to set a date for talks on breaking down trade barriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Summit of Substance | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...discarded, invalidated, remarked, and no one will ever know. A University Administration and Board of Overseers that have gone to such unprecedented lengths to influence the results of an election they are administering cannot be entrusted to tabulate the results of that election fairly. Should the AAA slate fail, I for one will never be fully convinced that the same unprincipled actions that led to electioneering did not also characterize the vote count. Chester W. Hartman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board of Overseers Electioneering | 5/16/1986 | See Source »

...family would take him to Mets games and his family would take me to Yankees games. Almost without fail, the Mets would always lose and the Yankees would always...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Preserving the Mystique | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...claim that Radcliffe should be more active simply fails to recognize all that Radcliffe does using its own resources, and the extent to which we, as grown-up Harvard-Radcliffe students are individually responsible for employing the available resources. The Murray Research Center, the Bunting Institute, and above all, the Schlesinger Library do exactly what Mr. Kurzman suggests they fail to do: attract faculty and scholars. It is wrong to rest the onus of blame on the victim, for it is Harvard's unwillingness to acknowledge the legitimacy of Women's studies which is holding back the full potential...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...group prepared to help the police within the confines of the law." Conservative black, colored and Indian businessmen and politicians, who have borne the brunt of the rage expressed by the young people leading the protest activities in the townships, insist that they need the vigilantes because the police fail to provide adequate protection. The possibility thus exists that while the government conveniently looks the other way, continued clashes between the groups could grow into something resembling a black-against-black civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Enemies Within | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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