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BETHLEHEM, Penn.--The immovable object met the irresistible force here, and what a battle...

Author: By Andrew J. Arends, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Laxwomen Edged in National Finals | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...violating company drinking policy, both these men kept their jobs. Hazelwood, in fact, may be uniquely qualified as an instructor. No one has a more intimate -- or more painful -- understanding of the course material. Cadets should find him a teacher with something to say, as well as a sobering object lesson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain Joe Goes to College | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...rioting could have been contained with proper planning, commitment of resources, leadership and an early and prudent show of force by the Los Angeles police. All these ingredients were tragically lacking in Los Angeles. The performance of the L.A.P.D. during the crucial early moments of the uprising is an object lesson in how not to deal with civil disorders. Key mistakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons of Los Angeles | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...using FACTS. Any kind, but go get them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting reading, and that is what gets As. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in outline from: Be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate"; "Be Specific"; etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: We're Not That Stupid | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

HELICOPTERS FANNED OUT OVER MORE THAN 30,000 acres of the state of Washington last week in an emergency campaign to repel an airborne assault launched from across the Bering Sea. No, the ex-Soviet Union had not reconstituted itself and invaded. Instead the object of the search-and-destroy spraying mission was the Asian gypsy moth, which in its caterpillar stage is notorious for devouring the leaves of perhaps 600 varieties of trees and shrubs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Hairy, They're Hungry, They're Here | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

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