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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, although the authors of They Never Said It explain these circumstances, they do not really suggest that Sheridan might be lying. They may be trying for objectivity, but given the book's title, the reader is sure to conclude that Sheridan's side is the one to pick. This lack of clarity is disturbing, considering that many of the book's statements have to do with politicians like Nixon, Stalin and Lenin--that is to say, people who should not be taken at their word...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Bartlett's Book of Misquotations | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

SOME suggestions do merit a look, though. Eliminating athletic dorms and coaching endorsements would be a constructive start. Giving coaches tenure might allow them to build character and teach basketball without alumni pressure...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Scandals Off the Court With Jim Valvano's N.C. State | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

Clifford said the ruling could conflict with the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision allowing women to have abortions. Janet Mayfield, the attorney who will handle Mr. Davis' appeal, said the decision might also conflict with state laws on property interests and anatomical gifts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judge: Life Begins at Conception | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

Faculty members added it was too early to gauge whether overcrowding would become a problem this semester. Allen Steinberg, assistant professor of History and Social Studies, said in any event, sectioning might even proceed more smoothly since fewer courses are offered...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Students Decry Limited History Offerings | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...would already be sympathetic to our goals and ideas. For our purposes, this preaching to the converted has much less value than when less sympathetic people read a Perspective because we made the effort to bring it to their door. If we wanted merely to preach to liberals, we might as well curtail our Eliot House distribution and plow the surplus into Adams House. A similar kind of reasoning applies all the more to the conservative Salient, which can count on much less campus sympathy than Perspective. It is the people who will not normally take a Perspective from...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: An Open Letter to the House Masters | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

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