Word: membership
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last year students found that the council would not champion their cause. Instead of battling sexism in the final clubs, the council balked and seemed more interested in equitably representing the students who buy into elitism here, than backing institutions open to all of its constituents. Yet diverse group membership is a much better reflection of what the Harvard of 1988 stands for than are clubs based on wealth and private school connections...
...attributed Laub's "harsh treatment" to Harvard's attitude toward protesters who have interrupted controversial speakers on campus and Laub's membership in the Maoist International Committee Against Racism (INCAR...
...boat buffs are growing in number. The Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club has tripled its membership during the past six years, to 1,500, and owners of other brands have organized their own groups. Chris-Craft Industries, which switched from wood to fiber glass in 1968, sold most of its marine division (new name: Murray Chris-Craft) to private investors, who have set up a clearinghouse for collectors in need of old parts for their boats...
...just before Quayle enlisted, the Army National Guard had a waiting list of 100,000. In 1970 National Guard Association President James Cantwell estimated that as many as 90% of all Guard members had joined to avoid the draft. When the draft was abolished in 1972, Guard membership began to drop off, falling from 411,000 in 1974 to an all-time low of 347,000 in 1979. The size of the Guard has climbed steadily in the 1980s, reaching 458,000 last year...
...When the conference's credentials chairman said it would take time to subject the charges to official investigation, there were shouts for Ogonyok Editor Vitali Korotich to substantiate them himself. Korotich gamely came to the podium and explained that he could not name the alleged culprits because their party membership protected them from public prosecution. Then, with a flourish, he turned and handed Gorbachev what he said was his evidence...