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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that men and women's sports programs would be of the same quality, says Joseph D. Bertagna '73, the executive director of the Harvard Varsity Club, which serves as a liaison between alumni and the college. Later, though, the courts ruled that it was not fair if donations from alumni allowed men to be training in distant lands while women couldn't afford to travel beyond the boundaries of the college...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Nordhaus, | Title: Wealthy Alums Give Crew a Cut | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...West Coast, a perennial favorite for vacationers, should attract more than the usual mob this season. Many families who are planning their vacations around Expo 86, the world's fair in Vancouver, B.C., will head down to the Pacific Northwest and California coasts. As a result, Seattle expects record crowds this summer. The city's Gray Line Tours reports that bookings on some of its trips are already up sixfold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting the Road, Seeing the Sights | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...pervasive condescending tone of the review is out of place in light of the intentions of this production. The reviewer appears to be more concerned with being witty than with presenting a fair assessment The review could have been negative without being mean-spirited, and without missing the point of a charity production. All too often, Crimson critics mar their reviews with self-indulgent forays into verbal gymnastics and typically Harvardian condescension. Kate Robin '88 Sarah McKearnan '87 Zak Klobucher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Condescension | 5/14/1986 | See Source »

...satellite-beamed signals are being scrambled, and the $395 decoder will bring in most of the ones that are. Pay- cable executives defend their right to charge dish owners for picking up their channels. Subscription fees are what defray the cost of programming, they argue, and it is only fair that dish owners ante up too. "In order for this product to exist, it has to be paid for by those who use it," says Duncan Murray, a vice president of the Disney Channel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Captain Midnight's Sneak Attack | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

Much of that audience will probably be reading Fatherhood. They will get what they expect, including a fair measure of out-loud laughs. Cosby is still mystified about the motives for baby making ("a kind of erotic arts and crafts"), and he disdains overtly proud dads who believe "mere fertilization is a reason for the high five." Interfamilial wars particularly stir his | juices. "Always end the name of your child with a vowel," he counsels, "so that when you yell, the name will carry." The generations must ever gap. "No matter how he talks, a father cannot sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 12, 1986 | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

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