Word: michigan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then there was the new president of Radcliffe, a University of Michigan administrator named Linda S. Wilson who takes charge of the women's college this fall as it is perched on the threshold of major decisions about its focus...
...tried to tease some Michigan fans--on the theory that Minnesota and Michigan are basically the same--but they ignored me. I then pressured my little sister into posing as a Minnesota fan, but she changed her mind in the middle of my victory dance...
...that really the case? During two days of hearings on his nomination, a coalition of civil rights organizations assailed Lucas for his lack of qualifications. The former FBI agent and Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan conceded that he "was new to the law." A practicing attorney for only two years, he had never tried a case, written a brief or argued an appeal. Most damaging, Lucas displayed a woeful ignorance of basic civil rights issues. Asked about the distinction between de facto (actual) and de jure (legal) segregation, Lucas drew a blank. "If it had been a white...
...Peter Secchia, 52, a former Republican national committeeman from Michigan, was narrowly confirmed last month as Ambassador to Italy despite press reports alleging frequent profanity and crude behavior toward women. Before arriving in Rome, he endeared himself to his future hosts by joking that the new Italian navy boasts glass-bottom boats "so they can see the old Italian navy...
...courts have upheld similar efforts in limited cases by Virginia and Michigan to levy sales taxes on criminal activities, Kidder said...