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Despite a well-publicized lack of positions for professors and teachers across the nation, almost one-fourth of the 204 seniors contacted by The Crimson yesterday said they plan to attend some form of academic graduate school after finishing college...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Many Seniors Planning More Academics | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

...earn charge of the law enforcement office in this county--an area which includes 54 cities and towns and one-fourth of the electorate in the state--Harshbarger had to unseat 23-year incumbent John J. Droney in the Democratic primary. Harshbarger tried in 1978 and lost by a narrow margin. This September he won in a landslide...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Transition to Power | 11/13/1982 | See Source »

ITALIANS COMPRISE almost one-fourth of New York State, and between Cuomo and his lieutenant governor candidate Alfred Delbello they have a chance to put two of their own into statewide prominence. Cuomo will probably be able to bring increasingly conservative Italian voters back into the coalition it only because of his own ethnicity...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: What Money Can't Buy | 11/2/1982 | See Source »

...since 1960 who have complied with the law is increasing dramatically Over the summer, officials estimated that more than 7,00,000 young men. 7 percent of those required, had not complied with the law. According to Lamb, that figure has dropped to 4,17,000. She adds that one-fourth of these are already controlled in the military and consequently didn't realize they still had to sign up. Selective Service now boasts compliance above 95 percent...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Registration Threatened | 10/23/1982 | See Source »

...Hartke, a resident since 1971, is seen by some as an interloper. Sniffs Lujan: "He's come here to make his political fortune." After serving as the state's chief public defender, Hartke won election as state treasurer in 1978. Though he has raised only $100,000, one-fourth of Lujan's total, he has doggedly campaigned door to door with his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The House: In the Minority | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

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