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...three years at the helm of the 70% black school system, Roussell alienated whites by, among other things, revising the "tracking" system that had long channeled black students into lower-level courses. After the board's six white members voted to get rid of Roussell last December, five black board members quit in protest. Last week's boycott ended after five days, when Roussell appealed to the students to return to class. But biracial talks to determine his future broke down with no resolution of the impasse...
Last week Cousins and Helmsman Robert Kagan testified. Both maintained that they had followed Hazelwood's orders to steer the ship back into an outgoing sea-lane from which it had been diverted to avoid floating ice. But Cousins charged that Kagan had failed to turn the helm sharply enough to bring the ship promptly to its new course, and that was why the Valdez plowed into a reef it should have missed by two miles. Chief Mate James Kunkel testified that before the accident he had warned Hazelwood that Kagan needed extra supervision and "practice in steering...
Sharp had undergone several interviews during the committee's search to replace Gray, who is leaving after 10 years at the university's helm, a spokesperson said...
...knew we were basically embarrassed and the only thing we could do is take the next 20 minutes as a new game," said Cormier, who had never witnessed such a drought in his six years at the helm of the Dartmouth program...
...members--their presence now legal in South Africa--are expected to return to the country as early as July, in order to participate in negotiations with the government in Pretoria. And many expect the group, with Mandela back at the helm, to take the lead in voicing the Blacks' concerns...