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Hardly a week passes during which the Vrdolyak forces do not try to embarrass the mayor. Or vice versa. "Neither side is willing to let the other side look good," says Northwestern University Urbanologist Louis Masotti. The polarizing, paralyzing power struggle appears likely to continue at least through the next mayoral election in 1987. But as Masotti warns, "Winning in 1987 may be an empty prize if our schools are in disarray, our social services deteriorate and our crime gets out of control." -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Lee Griggs/Chicago
...through the severe 1981-82 recession and now find the cost of big-ticket items like housing, which has been climbing almost twice as fast as the C.P.I. since mid-1982, to be well beyond their reach. "They get a shock," says Haskel Benishay, professor of managerial economics at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. "They're angry at not being as well off as they think they should...
...Sikhs, though a small minority of the Indian population, live mostly in the northwestern Punjab province where they hold a slight majority. They currently demand political autonomy for the Punjab and a greater role in the Indian government
Just this fall, Kent has gone from being the Crimson's eighth or ninth man to the squad's second or third finisher. He began the season with a strong performance against Northeastern, finishing third and followed that up with a ninth place finish in a tri-meet with Northwestern and Rice, two very strong cross country teams...
...sampling techniques were less than impressive and some of her generalizations seem based on insufficient authority. (Many Purdue students, she states, "drink, and drink heavily.") Other conclusions seem applicable to just about any place but are offered as the lowdown on particular institutions. (Parents of the students at Northwestern are "directly responsible" for pushing their children in particular career paths.) Even so, Birnbach's guide performs a certain service by focusing more than other volumes on what students should expect outside the classroom and off the campus. Moreover, she maintains, "I wrote up a lot of schools that otherwise...