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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Africans? It turns out Gandhi's concern with racial discrimination was limited to Indians--in fact, he offered to organize a brigade of Indians to help the English colonial rulers crush an African rebellion. On a related note, we never see how Gandhi (Sergeant-Major Gandhi) earned a War Medal from the British Empire for valor under fire while assisting the violent suppression of South African Blacks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Truth About Gandhi | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...would hope that they both have that opportunity they certainly have the ability to play at whatever level they want to says Cleary who started for both the 1956 and the gold medal winning 1960 U.S. Olympic squads...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: Harvard's High-Scoring Siblings | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

DIED. General David M. Shoup, 78, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960 to 1963; of heart disease; in Alexandria, Va. During World War II, he won the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the battle of Tarawa, one of the bloodiest of the Pacific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 24, 1983 | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

...race and therefore should work for better arms control. This struck me as overly critical and demanding of both himself and his profession. I did not fully understand his guilt until this fall when I read a speech he had given upon receiving the American Chemical Society's Priestly Medal in 1972 In that speech he explained...

Author: By Julie Tang, | Title: Kistiakowsky: Professor of Peace | 12/15/1982 | See Source »

Leonard tore the retina of his right eye sometime after defeating Thomas Hearns in September 1981. He retired with only one loss and 32 professional victories, in addition to a gold medal from the 1976 Olympic Games...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Sugar Ray's Lecture Tour: Hard Work, Smooth Style | 12/9/1982 | See Source »

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