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That explains the fuss over the Olympic Committee's announcement. After years of having their progress go unrecognized by the rest of the country, Atlantans are excited about stepping into the spotlight. The games themselves will undoubtedly represent an economic boon to the region. But the real significance is validating what Atlanta has already achieved...
...land grab, however, a Soviet spokesman gave a different figure: about 1,000. The discrepancy aroused suspicions of Soviet fudging. U.S. intelligence officials supported an estimate of 500 to 1,000 advisers, but were convinced that the technicians were not at a level high enough to justify a big fuss, though naturally Washington would rather they went home. According to several sources, they have given the West detailed information on the weapons and their deployment...
...will be published in October, concludes with the death of its hero. What's more, Updike himself has been fueling this story, both in a June speech at the American Booksellers' Association convention in Las Vegas and in the New York Times Book Review. How to explain all this fuss about the fate of an imaginary character? Well, Harry C. ("Rabbit") Angstrom first appeared 30 years ago in Rabbit, Run and then re-emerged in Rabbit Redux (1971) and Rabbit Is Rich (1981). A lot of readers have periodically checked the progress of their lives against that of the onetime...
Thompson's declaration stirred up a fuss around the P.G.A. event scheduled Aug. 9-12. Civil rights leaders mounted plans to picket the tourney. IBM, Toyota, Anheuser-Busch and Honda yanked ads from telecasts. The P.G.A., which has routinely played at all-white clubs since it was founded in 1916, vowed to stop it. At week's end, Mayor Richard Arrington, who is black, got a "statement of clarification" in which Shoal Creek's board of governors asserted that membership in the club "is open to any natural person over the age of 21." What the word natural means...
...publicized as Dr. Bell's allegations or racist hiring. I doubt seriously the Chicago Tribune will choose to print a positive follow-up story if the Law School were to grant Professor Bell's wishes. If Derrick Bell and his supporters take a good look at all the fuss he has made, they will see that his actions were shortsighted and have no percussions. Kelly S. Mikelson...