Word: highes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Asian-Americans should not be classed with other minority groups in affirmative action programs because of the relatively high degree of success they have already achieved in the professional world, a Harvard professor told an audience of about 200 people in Emerson Hall yesterday...
Although no Harvard records were set, a few Crimson athletes did set personal best marks. Sophomore Ed Rios, who scored a team-high 15 points in the meet, eclipsed his personal best in the high jump, as he placed second with a 6-ft., 8-in. jump. Rios also posted a 6.41 time in the 55-meter hurdles to place first in that event...
...women, junior Megan Young set a personal best height when she cleared 5-ft., 6 1/2-in. in the high jump, topping her previous best by nearly four inches. In addition to Young's exploits, junior Meredith Rainey posted two first-place finishes to score 10 points for the Crimson, as she ran a 25.14 in the 200-meter and a 56.55 in the 400-meter...
...federal poverty line are women, and, contrary to popular mythology, the majority are white. More than half the poor families in America are headed by single women. In the early '80s the "feminization of poverty" became an issue for the women's movement, but the situation has barely budged. High divorce rates have added to female destitution. In The Divorce Revolution (1985), sociologist Lenore Weitzman showed how no-fault divorce laws -- passed in 43 states, largely in response to feminist demand -- have benefited men and impoverished women. Weitzman found that as a result of these laws, which largely eliminated alimony...
...oversize, matte-black headsets look like the kind of industrial-strength ear protection worn by airport baggage handlers. But these are no ordinary earmuffs. They are high-tech earphones designed for pilots of small jets and other light (and noisy) aircraft. Rather than soften the drumming engine noise with thick layers of plastic foam, the earphones eliminate it electronically. A tiny microphone samples sound waves at the wearer's ear, processes them through special circuitry and broadcasts countertones that cancel the offending sounds in midair. Result: silence, or something close...