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...district court decision is the lowest rung on the legal ladder. If a request for reconsideration is denied by Sherman, the city represented by new lawyers will likely ask for a stay first from district court and then from Superior Court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judge Overturns Condo Regulation | 12/15/1981 | See Source »

...completely corrupt," says Bob Cousy, the great Celtics guard who coached at Boston College from 1963 through 1969. "When the example has been set by institutions, impressionable kids get the idea. Do it any way you can. Get the grade, get the votes, get to the top of the ladder-get the money. Should we be surprised if in the basketball games at school-or three or four years down the line in business-they follow those guidelines along the road of least resistance? We teach them how the game is played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: When Scandals Do Not Scandalize | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...blacks are upset by both kinds of Cubans. Stuck on the bottom rung of South Florida's economic ladder, they have always resented the more prosperous Cuban minority. With the arrival of the Marielitos, blacks feared that they would lose out in the scramble for the few low-skill jobs avail able in the region. Even in Liberty City, the black enclave in North Miami where 18 people died in last year's riot, the Latin influence is apparent. White store owners who abandoned their businesses are being replaced by Latin landlords. "The only things blacks have in Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Florida: Trouble in Paradise | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...fire department sent three engine companies, two ladder trucks, one rescue truck and a deputy to the Castle. Five firemen, three of whom carried axes, went upstairs in the building to confirm that there was no fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: False Alarm Leads Firemen To Lampoon | 11/5/1981 | See Source »

Regardless of the team's success this season, Kiam, Bridgeland and Co. will probably not see an NCAA tournament. They'll continue their on-and-off practice schedule through the winter, battling freshmen for ladder positions, and when spring arrives, there will be another trip south and maybe a few varsity openings during reading period...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Tennis Dreams Die Hard | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

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