Word: marylander
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Maryland-based group called the Made in the USA Foundation plans to compile a list of popular products and their place of manufacture for a forthcoming book titled Made in the USA: A Catalog of the Best American Products. Joel Joseph, the group's founder, plans to contrast such U.S.-made goods as Levi's and Macintosh computers with ringers that include Perry Ellis "America Series" shirts (made in Mauritius) and Rockport shoes (Portugal and Taiwan). Joseph is lobbying for legislation that would require advertisers to disclose where their products are manufactured...
...Francesca Don Hartig scores six goals despite almost-constant .two-on-one coverage as the women's lacrosse team beats James Madison, 11-4, in the NCAA quarterfinals. The laxwomen fall to Maryland, 5-3, in the semifinals...
...year Harvard captured its first Ivy title with a perfect 6-0 league record. The Crimson entered the NCAA tournament, proud owners of a 17-0 overall mark. After skipping past James Madison, 11-4, in the first round, Harvard lost to Maryland, 5-3, in the semifinals, and Temple, 8-6, in the consolation game...
...that may put more dealers behind bars but is likely to do little to curb rampant drug use. Local police will get help from 82 federal agents. A 500-bed detention facility will be built in the District and more beds will be available in a federal prison in Maryland. Drug treatment will gain only 300 beds instead of the 1,040 the city asked for. Will Bennett's battle plan do much to help the nation's capital kick the habit? Given the czar's imperiousness and the swirl of rumors surrounding Barry, whose friendship with an accused drug...
...harder to measure, sociologists disagree about just how much of it has disappeared. But they do agree that people feel more harried by their life-styles. "People's schedules are more ambitious," says John Robinson, who heads up the Americans' Use of Time project at the University of Maryland. "There just isn't enough time to fit in all the things one feels have to be done...