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...select children who were willing and able to take a gamble. They were brought to the stores, decked out in the latest spring fashions, given tips on modeling and sent onstage. The audience, including an invited group of prospective parents, got a chance to size up the kids and obtain information on the applications and processing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: Putting Kids On Display | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

Taylor believes that gang members share a grossly distorted version of the values mainstream Americans hold dear. The difference is that gang members want money and status faster, and are willing to kill to obtain them. Asked to identify his role models, one 14-year-old cited the cocaine-snorting protagonist of the movie Scarface and Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca. "Lee Iacocca is smooth and he be dissing ((disrespecting, in street lingo)) everybody," the youth explained. In some cases, parents encourage their children's criminal careers. Said one: "My momma talk about how proud she is of me making doughski...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up From The Streets: Carl S. Taylor | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

...sets the stage for its matchup next Saturday against undefeated Yale in New Haven, a game which in all likelihood will determine the Ivy champion. Suddenly, a Harvard team that was not expected to be too much of a force this season is in a position not only to obtain an NCAA tournament bid, but to finish on top of the strongest league in Division I lacrosse...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Laxmen Make a Statement By Trouncing Tigers, 12-6 | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...Harvard could still make a post-season NCAA bid without a win against West Virginia, since the eight regional winners as well as the 12 top teams in the nation all qualify. If, however, the Crimson slips in its national rank, it will have to beat West Virginia to obtain the regional title...

Author: By Ara B. Gershengorn, | Title: Overpowering Netmen Burst Lions' Bubble | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...their stockholder elections to be decided solely by the candidates' resumes. It's time for the Harvard Cooperative Society's members to take a lesson from stockholders in corporate America and demand a more accountable board. Students should vote by April 20. Those who lost their ballots can obtain new ones at the Coop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Resume-fest 1990 | 4/10/1990 | See Source »

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