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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There were only a few Asian students in the Class of 1921; now Asian-Americans comprise 13 percent of the student body. In 1909 there were five Blacks--.02 percent--compared to 11 percent today.

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Not Admitted, But Solicited? | 5/24/1989 | See Source »

The Blue Devils outscored Harvard, 66-30, the rest of the way. But for those few minutes that Tuesday night at Briggs, the Crimson had excited the sellout crowd and challenged the big, bad visitors from the Harvard of the South.

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Some Memorable Dates | 5/24/1989 | See Source »

Yet on that afternoon, everyone forgot about the season for just a few hours. Led by Steve Lux's two hat tricks and Mickey Cavuoti's one trick, the Crimson defeated New Hampshire, 15-11.

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Some Memorable Dates | 5/24/1989 | See Source »

Tucked away in lower Manhattan, far off the museum track, the nonprofit Drawing Center has been quietly at work since 1977. Along the way it has become one of the few necessary art institutions to be born in the U.S. in the past 15 years. Necessary because, unlike the muddle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Brio of a Great All-Rounder | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

Because of a technical glitch, only 150,000 copies of the first few issues rolled off the presses, but the projected circulation is 500,000. Under the agreement reached during the round-table talks between union and government leaders last month, the paper, rechristened Gazeta Codzienna (Daily Gazette), will continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Extra! Freedom Of the Press | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

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