Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many blacks at Harvard feel they have little power and hold only token positions; some even believe that racism is prevalent. Others think that the recruitment of blacks in the late sixties was a "stop-gap" effort to appease student demands, and consequently feel these hastily appointed officials may be less competent than their peers. And some blacks also find that too much is expected of them by superiors, colleagues and students...
Whenever he can, Miller visits the mines, bridging the gap cultivated by his predecessors. "I want to know what's going on," he says. "I respect any man's opinion. I was a rank and filer, and I still am." His is a new-found confidence, and he wants to make it contagious. "I felt for many years because I had no formal education -this is a feeling that is consistent with most coal miners-that we miners were handicapped," he says. "We were not very vocal about the problems...
...backcourt, "things are still up in the air," according to Sanders. The big gap is the one left by last year's playmaker Ken Wolfe. Mike Griffin, last year's other starter, Jonas Honick, David Rogers, and Steve Selinger are the principals vying for the starting positions...
When she takes over the statehouse, Grasso must come to grips with her campaign contradictions. She faces a multimillion-dollar budget gap. But she plans to tackle problems, as in the past, with her personal appeal. She promises to run an accessible administration staffed by the most open people available...
Ruggles of Red Gap. No matter what happens some great American stories stay as irresistable as ever, making you respond to American values you thought you disagreed with, striking chords you didn't know you had anymore. Harry Leon Wilson's turn-of-the-century novel Ruggles of Red Gap doesn't get read much anymore, and none of the at least five movie versions get much play. But the story of Ruggles the butler who came to America isn't dated, because it's about the crude interplay of ideas that don't die. Ruggles...