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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issue here is accessibility and availability," says Democratic nominee for state representative Alvin E. Thompson, arguing that his opponent, incumbent Saundra M. Graham, has too many other obligations to properly fill that post. "She couldn't serve two masters," he says, referring to her jobs as City Councillor and state representative...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Thompson Pledges Accessibilty | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

When 30-year-old Edward Moore Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) was nominated in 1962 to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by his brother, President John F. Kennedy '40, his opponent charged that the young candidate was merely living off of his name, saying that "if your name was Edward Moore, your candidacy would be a joke...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Those Kennedys... | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...Purdue University poll, the first of its kind, predictably revealed general willingness to undergo the rigors of campaigning. But many spouses and children of politicians are increasingly admitting that they feel trapped in the roles the public pushes them to fill. Children, of course, are among the most affected. After their father was selected as George Bush's running mate, the three children of Indiana Senator Dan Quayle saw him harshly criticized for, among other things, avoiding duty in Viet Nam. They were knocked down by TV cameramen and questioned about their father's rumored involvement with former Playboy model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: So, Your Old Man's a Fraud . . . | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...After a four-month plant shutdown, the new computer that will automate operations is in place, and the shaft will soon start to turn again. A few last-minute tasks remain. Engineers bend over diagrams of the wiring circuits as they test connections in the mazes of wires that fill the control cabinets. The start-up countdown begins in earnest. Engineers watch the gauges as the needles begin to move. An exacting series of 14 conditions must be met before the computer will allow operation to start. When the computer is satisfied, the green prestart light goes on, the master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Williams River Electric: Hydroelectric Power Tailored For a Country Stream | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...UConn students are asked at the end of each semester to fill out a form evaluating the performance of their professor. However, up until last year, no one had ever asked to see these results which were used in various administrative decisions," said Matthew Kink, a student who serves on the University Senate. A 1977 ruling of the FOI had stated that the evaluations were private documents...

Author: By Sean P. Mclaughlin, | Title: UConn Profs Say Faculty Reviews Should Remain Private Information | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

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