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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five council members who are also infinal clubs, four were present and all votedagainst the resolution. The vote of the 26 womencouncil members present split evenly, 13 to 13. Ofthe men not in final clubs, 27 voted in favor ofthe resolution, compared to 21 against...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Council Votes Down Anti-Club Resolution | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...have entered a new era with respect to the law's tolerance," Zubrensky says, adding that final clubs are unconstitutional. Last year a New Jersey court ruled in favor of Sally Frank, a former Princeton student who filed suit against the school's all-male eating clubs...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Knocking on the Final Clubs' Closed Doors | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...place, each astronaut will be yanked from the ship with 2,000 lbs. of thrust. Otherwise, they will hook onto the telescoping pole, which will extend through the door, and let gravity and airflow pull them down and out of harm's way. Both the astronauts and NASA favor the pole: it avoids the danger of rocket fuel in the cabin and takes up less space. Of course, entering a high-speed stream of air blowing by at extreme altitudes poses many perils. But, says Astronaut Nelson, something is better than nothing. "It enhances our chances of survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Can They Escape Next Time? | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...There was a need to have a medium of contact among workers to tell people in Russia that we are a majority of German people in favor of creating peace, but we do not agree with their political structure--we are not in favor of a communist dictatorship," Kluncker says...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Heinz Kluncker | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

Speaking Matilda. Is the press asking the wrong question? Maybe it's Cuomo's wife who's running. The Governor called a Washington friend last week to ask a special favor: Would the friend arrange for Wife Matilda to address the National Press Club in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Grapevine | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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