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Democratic incumbent Michael S. Dukakis, who was unopposed in his primary election, is favored so strongly that opposition to him has been seen in many political circles as an act of supreme self-sacrifice or consummate stupidity. And it hasn't been easy to find a willing and runnable Republican candidate...
...HASN'T BEEN AN EASY YEAR for Harvard's administrators. From the John F. Kennedy School of Government to Massachusetts Hall to 17 Quincy St., some of the University's highest officials have found their time occupied by angry students, faculty and alumni. Patent administrative blunders and muddled thinking have caused some of the worst behavior by Harvard's leaders, rocked the University with controversy and exposed a severe governance problem at our institution...
...least one other trouble is worth mentioning: there is only one Steve Earle. He has just made his first album, he hasn't had a Top Ten single, and he plays rock clubs as well as country venues. But his voice has offhand brute force when it has to bear down and unforced gentleness when it comes to business of the heart. He sings about familiar territory -- small towns and horizon-piercing interstates, luckless marriages and faithless love, dumb faith and poor prospects -- and blows all the cobwebs away because his eye is fresh and because he appears...
...part from fears of a terrorist attack by supporters of the lrish Republican Army, no arrests or security problems were reported. "It's nice when it's like this," said a Boston Police officer. "I've been with [Prince Charles] since he came in at Logan, and there hasn't been any sign...
...Football League. Nonetheless, "to get to play in a Cowboys uniform and in Texas is a great honor for me," he said at a news conference. But some of his new teammates were not so happy, notably the veteran running back Tony Dorsett. "To bring someone in here who hasn't contributed a yard and to pay him twice what they pay me . . ." fumed Dorsett, whose career rushing record is 10,832 yds., sixth highest in N.F.L. history. "I can be a very disruptive force." Dorsett, whose own contract reportedly calls for $9.65 million over 27 years, later withdrew...