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Suddenly the students were receiving support from deaf people across the U.S. The reason is that this 100-acre campus, only a mile northeast of Capitol Hill, is a Mecca for the hearing impaired. Since it was founded by an Act of Congress in 1864, Gallaudet has become one of the world's foremost training centers for the deaf. And yet it has never had a hearing-impaired president -- the result, say students and staff, of paternalistic attitudes by a hearing world that perpetuates the myth that deaf people cannot function on their own. Comparing today's demands by deaf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: This Is the Selma of the Deaf | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...glance at his photograph is reassuring. Barrett is not exactly a veteran of San Juan Hill. But he has been around politics long enough to know that punditry and polls are no substitute for old-fashioned reporting. A native New Yorker who began as a city hall reporter for the now defunct Herald Tribune, Barrett covered the Johnson Administration before joining TIME as a writer in 1965. After a stint as an editor, Barrett covered the White House during the Carter and Reagan years. He drew on his work for a 1983 book, Gambling with History, that described the dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Mar. 21, 1988 | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Ironically, reserve units with F-16s are getting some of the best scores. "They're fossils," admits Korea-based "driver" Captain Taylor Gates, 29, "but they're good." Indeed they are. An active-duty squad from Hill A.F.B., Utah, won the team competition -- Anderson's team took fifth -- but a fossil, Major Danny Hamilton, 41, flying with a reserve unit at the same Utah base, won the individual award. Not only is Hamilton a former active-duty pilot who bailed out in mid-career rather than fly a desk, he is also a computer expert. He trusts avionics software...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nevada: A Rodeo for Throttle Jockeys | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

Eighteen Ivy Leaguers, two more than last year, earned places in the top six of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships, which were held at Syracuse University two weeks ago, For the second year in a row, the Ivy matmen were led by Brown's Bob Hill, who defended his title at 150 pounds by defeating Paul Radomski of Navy...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Greene Lives a Diving Dream | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

...Hill became the first wrestler from an Ivy League school to win two consecutive EIWA championships since Pat Welch of Cornell captured the 150-pound titles in 1984 and 1985. Harvard had a good showing, with Captain Peter Holmes finishing in fourth place, while Andy Konovalchik placed fifth. Holmes also made first team All-Ivy. while Konovalchik was named Honorable Mention...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Greene Lives a Diving Dream | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

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