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...There is not yet a focal point for students because we are not back in session," Pleston said...

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: Student Protests Erupt In Colleges Across U.S. | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...continents, its Roman hierarchy is still dominated by white, European men. Its views on human sexuality, feminism, birth control and the family are often extremely conservative--perhaps unrealistically so. All too often, the most vociferous conservative voices in the institution choose only these issues as the focal points of their moral crusades...

Author: By John D. Staines, | Title: A Liberal in a Conservative Church | 11/14/1990 | See Source »

...Crimson has been hardpressed to put back-to-back inspired performances together this season, and intensity was once again a focal point of Saturday's match...

Author: By Jj. Patterson, | Title: Lem's Questions Answered Against Lions | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

...civil rights agenda with indifference, if not outright hostility, and the movement had become fractured over intractable disagreements about increasingly abstract concerns like affirmative action. By comparison, apartheid was an issue as clear-cut and compelling -- and televisable -- as a segregated lunch counter in Birmingham. It offered a focal point for the inchoate resentments many felt of the greed and selfishness spawned during the Reagan years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela: A Hero's Welcome | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...will never formally end as long as there are millions of them out there with lots of money. I think the important point is that with the Supreme Court victory Edwards v. Aguillard, we destroyed the strategy that has been their focal point since the 1920s, namely the attempt to force legislatively the mandated teaching of this oxymoronic creation science of theirs in the classroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEPHEN JAY GOULD: Evolution, Extinction And the Movies | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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