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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University was involving itself in the seedier side of capitalism. But the SDS argued that the Harvard-South Africa connection was insignificant compared to other links Harvard had to institutionalized racism and oppression, including the U.S. military. After the SDS stormed University Hall in 1969, there was no mention of South Africa--or Harvard's investment policies--in the list of demands it released to the administration...
...rules are basically unchanged. So each generation is measured against the same rough marks on the barn. Though it seems unreasonable to hold that the spectacular athletic improvement calculable in other sports does not apply here, most baseball followers are statistical, not logical. Many are sure to mention that there are ten more major league teams now than in 1962, and therefore, in a way, 250 bush leaguers at large. Certainly baseball no longer enjoys first call on the country's best athletes. Today, Flatbush's Duke Snider, like Stanford's John Elway, might have been persuaded...
...following theme: for just over 20 years, the superpowers have lived under an arrangement whereby neither side stationed long-range missiles in proximity to the other's territory; if the U.S. upsets that balance, there would have to be both a political and a military response. The mention of 20 years is a reference to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. The Soviets seem to be putting the U.S. on notice that they regard 1983 ("the Year of the Missile," the State Department calls it) as offering them an opportunity-indeed, imposing on them an obligation-to make amends...
Your article on the large numbers of Americans who are traveling overseas this year was great. But you neglected to mention an outstanding bargain, Manila. Hotels there are first class, and room, board and shopping are hard to beat...
...wizards of gelato offer flavors of a richness and purity to boggle the taste buds: liqueur-based delicacies, a dozen variations on chocolate and elusive essences like cantaloupe. Not to mention A1 Gelato's trompe l'oeil "spaghetti," made of Marsala-laced, eggy zabaglione ice cream run through a spaghetti press and topped with chocolate meatballs, puréed strawberries for the tomato effect and a sprinkling of grated coconut to resemble Parmesan cheese. Who needs pasta...