Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard men's volleyball team recently completed the best season in its short history, but the high level of play brings novel problems that threaten the program's continued success. The spikers' goals furthered by their great success now conflict with the limits of time and budget faced by minor Crimson sports...
...wolf missiles, while a third disappeared from task force radar screens and was presumed destroyed. (The Argentines said two aircraft were lost.) The Argentines claimed that their bombers had inflicted considerable damage on the frigates during the attack, while the British said that one of the ships had suffered minor damage from a bomb and was back in service the same day. Whatever the results, it was an uncomfortable reminder of the vulnerability of the British fleet to attack by air. (The British also lost a helicopter that the Argentines said they shot down; the British account was that...
Since 1951, Topps, which also makes Bazooka bubble gum, has been king of the cards market. By signing players to exclusive contracts while they were still in the minor leagues, the company had kept an almost complete monopoly for nearly 30 years. But two years ago Topps was sued for violation of anti-trust laws, and the door opened for other companies to begin pushing cards...
...have failed, having helped neither the children nor the society it was supposed to protect. As currently organized, most juvenile judges have virtually unlimited power over what are called status offenses--"crimes" like ungovemability and truancy that are illegal only because of the perpetrator's status as a minor. Paradoxically, investigators have found that juvenile judges are actually more strict with status offenders than with genuine delinquents. Incarceration, though, can often be totally unproductive in dealing with the very real problems of status offenders, but incarceration is usually the only weapon at a juvenile judge's disposal. The system would...
...gathering at the Civic Center will vote to endorse candidates for all the statewide offices, including senator, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor. Aspirants for all offices have mounted drives to push for delegate support--even Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54, who is facing minor opposition in his bid for re-election, has joined the fray...