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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Different schools have won the championship plaque each of the past three years, and at least four teams will maintain legitimate title aspirations when the 1980 NCAAs begin March 27 at Harvard's Blodgett Pool...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Gators' Depth Leads the Field | 3/20/1980 | See Source »

...alternatives to disciplining the young, the elderly, the unemployed, and the residents of declining cities. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) wants to eliminate tax writeoffs for intangible oil drilling costs and for accelerated depreciation of high-income housing, saving $4.5 billion. He also feels we could maintain our defense without a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Rep. James Shannon (D-Mass) suggests cutting back tax credits for money American companies pay foreign governments. Rep. David Obey (D-Wis) recommends raising the 46-per-cent top corporate tax rate to 48 per cent again, as well as imposing...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach, | Title: Bondage and Discipline | 3/19/1980 | See Source »

William Lannon, superintendent of schools, will discuss options for achieving racial balance in the city's public schools at the meeting. Three plans, which will be unveiled for the first time Thursday night, call for redistricting, voluntary magnet school programs and other measures to maintain integration in the city's schools without busing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Officials Plan Conference On Racial Balance, Tax Cut | 3/18/1980 | See Source »

...also hope these organizations will carry their campaign against "unconscious racism" to other campus institutions. The Crimson alone cannot overcome a force embedded in the unconsciousness of the community around it; it can and will continue consciously to offer complete, balanced coverage of Third World issues, and to maintain an editorial policy responsive to the human needs of Third World students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson And the Third World | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

State legislatures and rich alumni naturally prefer to contribute to a prestigious project like a science lab, often without providing money to maintain it. Says Sy Zachar, an analyst working on a study of physical plant maintenance funded by the Carnegie Corp.: "It's easy to find some foundation eager to donate a new tax-deductible library or a shiny new anything. But what donor wants to put a plaque on a steam pipe?" At the University of California at Berkeley, administrators nickname the list of "deferred maintenance" problems the "Crummy and Seedy Project...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dilapidation in Academe | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

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