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...Paris in the '20s or Havana in the '40s or even Brooklyn in the '50s, we bring it to you, with all the quality jodhpurs, dusters, spats, boaters, corsets, spurs, poodle skirts, pince-nez and butcher's smocks you've come to expect from us--but at a fraction of the price you might pay at an ordinary costume shop...
...years ago, the council hit rock bottom, yet many problems have persisted. The divisive atmosphere still exists, internal morale is lower, communication with students is still poor, and a small fraction of members still do most of the work. This year, we are no better at enacting legislation, demonstrating the need for the president to be a facilitator, not a pied piper. Other candidates are selling an agenda; I am selling leadership. I have great ideas too, but there is more to being president than ideas. Instead of forcing through my agenda, I want to include and empower all members...
...housing market's color barrier are quickly greeted with white flight. A mass exodus from an area begins once it becomes over 20 percent black-occupied, according to University of Michigan Professor Reginald Farley. "The presence of even small numbers of black residents is disturbing to a significant fraction of whites," he writes...
...this history is lost to a huge fraction of the squad. The numerous freshman on the team--along with first-year Harvard coach Joe Walsh--will be playing Cornell and Princeton for the first of many times, in this the dawn of their college careers...
...front page story calling it "the biggest land fight now before Congress." In response to this anti-wilderness legislation, Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), has introduced H.R. 1500, a compromise proposal which preserves 5.7 million acres, and does not contain "hard release" language. Although this is still but a fraction of the land currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management, anything more ambitious is not feasible in today's political climate. Recognizing this, Hinchey's bill is a reasonable compromise proposal...