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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dean Jewett apparently published the diversity data anonymously in order not to perpetuate house stereotypes, while still preserving the educational integrity of the survey. Yet the survey, in its anonymous form or not, indicates that these stereotypes are no longer caricatures but facts. For the reader, the numbers themselves rendered the caricatures real and the houses obvious. Dean Jewett's omission of house identities is a fleeting salve on the painful reality which his own results have made plain. This method is self-defeating. Craig Katz '91 Steven Kawut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Talk | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

...espoused right-to-life views are trying to accomplish. While the abortion funding debate worked to their favor, they gave it a prominent slot on the GOP docket. But as soon as they felt a shift in the political weather, they tried to dismiss the issue. "It's no longer important if it puts wind in their sails, not ours," they said, but the voters, especially those in Virginia, didn...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Slam-Dunk for the Democrats | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

Packwood isn't alone. Earlier this week, four Republican Congresswomen, all supporters of abortion-rights, met with President Bush to discuss the issue. They emerged from the meeting with a surprise. The President, they said, no longer rules out federal financing for abortions for poor women in the case of incest and rape. What a difference twelve months makes...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Slam-Dunk for the Democrats | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

...even a minimal amount of exercise -- a brisk half-hour walk once a day is enough -- confers significant protection not only from cardiovascular disease and cancers but also against death from a wide range of other causes. Put plainly, people who exercise just a little bit tend to live longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Take A Walk - and Live | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...researchers measured fitness in a straightforward way: they put people on a treadmill, set them walking, and periodically increased first the incline and then the speed of the treadmill until the walkers could no longer continue. The subjects were grouped into five different fitness levels based on their performance and followed for the next eight years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Take A Walk - and Live | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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