Word: nation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Seeking to protect the Massachusetts Miracle against corporate raiders, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis yesterday proposed installing some of the nation's highest barriers to hostile takeovers...
...barriers would include requiring mandatory severance pay for workers laid off during takeover battles. Dukakis said he hoped the package would win speedy approval from the state Legislature and inspire similar measures across the nation...
February 14, 1989, Briggs Cage, the Harvard men's basketball team hosted the Duke Blue Devils, the nation's 11th-ranked team...
...women's lacrosse team, undefeated after 11 games, edged defending national champion Temple, 5-4. Char Joslin scored a hat trick, and the Crimson defense was as stingy as Mr. Magoo. Harvard remained the only unbeaten team in the nation...
...Guard churches that defined the nation's spiritual and moral ethos from Plymouth Rock through the 1950s are coping with a decline in numbers and social clout. Strategic failures abound in recruitment, missions and education, while demographic trends point to an even bleaker future...