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When the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) decides later this spring whether to implement the recommendations of a faculty affirmative action committee, the battle will be fought over bureaucracy and not philosophy...
...linear. It's dynamic and ever changing. Jesse Owens and Joe Louis struggled for the legitimacy of black athletic talent. Later, Jackie Robinson, Bill Russell and others struggled for access. In the late '60s, athletes like Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Arthur Ashe and Kareem ((Abdul-Jabbar)) fought for recognition of the dignity of the black athlete. Now we're in the struggle for power, and that's the most difficult of all. If we can broaden democratic participation in sports, then there is at least the possibility that we can devise credible strategies for approaching the situation...
...fought hard," sabre Captain Paul Pollinger said. "We didn't throw any matches. Nobody gave up. We gave our best effort, and that's what counts...
...bout ended the regular-season careers of Tri-Captains Adam Weintraub and Jim Rothwell. The night was especially big for Rothwell, who fought in his first match since injuring his knee in December...
Asked whether he would ask that his name be withdrawn, he replied by quoting from the last letter written by Col. William Barrett Travis, the leader of the Texans who fought and died at the Alamo: "I shall never surrender or retreat...