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What was most remarkable about the party changes was the gracious and peaceable manner in which they were carried out. There were no outright purges, no summary arrests, no instances of personal humiliation, as in Mao's time. The old-timers went quietly, praised for their work and assured that most of them would become "advisers," with the same pay and perks as before, including access to housing, cars and political documents. According to some reports, they may also have received promises that their sons or daughters would receive future party appointments. Moreover, even as veteran military leaders stepped down...
...Quakers, outright conference champions last season after sharing the crown the previous two years, saw the Big Red drive to the Penn 13 midway through the final period before stalling...
...outbreak, some analysts pointed to the area's economic distress. Unemployment in Handsworth, for instance, stands at 36%, nearly three times the national average. Yet even the Labor Party opposition was reluctant to ascribe the rampage purely to economic conditions, and Thatcher, for her part, rejected the notion outright. She denounced those who blamed the riot on unemployment as "Moaning Minnies...
...that same Saturday, University of Pennsylvania football players hoisted Coach Jerry Berndt on their shoulders in celebration of the team's second consecutive shared Ivy League football title. And last year, Berndt's Quakers won the title outright, posting the first 7-0 Ivy season since...
...that same Saturday, University of Pennsylvania football players hoisted Coach Jerry Berndt on their shoulders in celebration of the team's second consecutive shared Ivy League football title. And last year, Berndt's Quakers won the title outright, posting the first 7-0 Ivy season since...