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Dates: during 1980-1989
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President Derek C. Bok appointed Carman, a prominent Hindu scholar, to serve as temporary head of the school pending the completion of a five-month search for a permanent dean. The post was vacated last April, when then-Dean George Rupp accepted the presidency of Rice University in Houston...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Div School Professor Named Acting Dean | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

Four major league clubs--the Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros--now run permanent baseball camps in San Pedro. Says New York Mets Scouting Director Joe McIlvaine, whose staff keeps tabs on Dominican boys as young as 14: "If we get calls from San Pedro and another town there, we give the boy from San Pedro the first look." In 1984 the recruiting rules were tightened to protect young players; scouts who once signed athletic teenagers at first glance on the streets of San Pedro must now obtain proof that the boys are at least 17. Still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Harvesting Baseball Talent | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

...HOUSTON (Sept. 16, 1984)--Two youths were killed, and three were injured late last night when their car hit a guard rail and overturned on Highway...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: The Last Road Trip | 8/16/1985 | See Source »

...youths were pronounced dead on the scene and a third was rushed into surgery at Houston Memorial Hospital. Hospital officials were withholding the victims' names pending notification of their families...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: The Last Road Trip | 8/16/1985 | See Source »

...rest of their time, the owners could perform other useful duties such as watering the grass at the Houston Astrodome, or maybe even turning on the lights at Chicago's Wrigley Field...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Don't Take Me Out to the Ballpark | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

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