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...power, was interested. Concedes its athletic director, Willis Casey: "We wanted him in the worst way." David Thompson, a former N.C. State forward who is now one of the highest paid players in the National Basketball Association, sent Dominique a personal, written-by-hand letter. The school gave him free tickets to its home games. And when that snazzy red and white Chrysler showed up in the driveway outside his mother's modest apartment in the Runyon Creek public housing project, everyone assumed that it was the clincher in N.C. State's sign up Dr. Dunk campaign. After...
...fact, the real reason for the wall's demise was Peking's concern that unhindered free expression could lead to a snowballing of discontent against the regime. Earlier efforts to curb dissent-such as the arrest last spring of nearly 30 human rights activists-had only a temporary effect, as critical posters began to proliferate again during the summer. China's leaders have been reluctant to take overtly harsh measures against poster writing, having praised it as a "good thing" late last year. By removing democracy's centerpiece to a less conspicuous and more controlled location...
Thus the policy stands to free up much investment money for new plants, improved productivity and more jobs. Regulators and businessmen agree that giving managers more freedom of choice will motivate them to develop more efficient, economical methods of fighting pollution. Example: the old regulations required Armco to install about $15 million worth of pollution-control equipment at its steel plant in Middletown, Ohio. Under a pilot project for the bubble plan, the company chose instead to spend $4 million to pave parking lots, seed other areas and put in sprinklers that will suppress iron oxide dust. These measures...
...draft resister had a clerk not persuaded Harlan to read some Black Muslim literature. Convinced that Ali's religious scruples made him a sincere conscientious objector, Harlan switched his vote and others followed: a 4-4 deadlock suddenly became an 8-0 vote to keep Ali free on a technicality...
...between leading Democrats on Jan. 7 (G.O.P. contenders meet two days earlier). The Register initially invited President Carter and Senator Edward Kennedy but not Jerry Brown; the editors felt the California Governor was not mounting a serious challenge in Iowa. Protested Brown: "I'm troubled ... that in a free society I have to convince an editor that I'm a bona fide candidate." Nevertheless, Brown tried to do just that: he made several trips to the state, set up a campaign committee, met with the newspaper's editorial board and generally paid the Hawkeye State the kind...