Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Anti-Harvard to be Pro-Activist: Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III was seen singing "Lift Up Your Voice and Sing," a Black spiritual, with the students in front of University Hall at the Black Students Association rally held on Tuesday to protest police harrassment of minorities on campus...
...associate all blacks with welfare dependency, crime and broken families. Moreover, many middle-class blacks feel personally guilty about the unpromising prospects of poorer blacks. That may be the most unfair burden of all, since the black middle class by itself does not have nearly enough resources to lift the underclass into the mainstream. Patricia Grayson speaks for many affluent blacks when she observes, "One person can do only so much. I think it's unfair for people to try to make successful blacks feel guilty for not feeling guilty all the time...
What spurred the investments was Tokyo's agreement last June to lift trade restrictions that limited imports of U.S. beef to 14% of Japan's market, which last year totaled 676,000 tons. Since Japanese meat companies expect to import much more U.S.-grown beef, they realize that if they own some of the American cattle operations, they will have a larger stake in the profits...
Polsky: "Of course, as in all professional sports, there's a growing demand for getting ahead. In the North American tour, all of the quoters are using steroids. But I figure why mess with a good thing. Does Superman need to lift weights? Does Ronald McDonald need to come up with a new formula for the hamburger? As you can clearly see, there's been no reason to tamper with a gift I've been given...
Adams' ordeal began during Thanksgiving weekend in 1976, when 16-year-old David Harris offered him a lift. The two spent the day tooling around Dallas, ending up at a drive-in. Adams claims that Harris dropped him off at his motel around 10 p.m. Harris testified that they left the drive-in about midnight, with Adams driving Harris' stolen car. When police officer Robert Wood pulled the car over, Harris said, Adams pulled out a .22 pistol and fired five shots into the policeman. (It was later learned that Harris had previously stolen the weapon...