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DEFENSE Position Lettermen Candidates End Tom Schreur John Boyer Tony Khazen Barry Littman Tackle Mike Murphy Rich Puccio Mike Vollmer J. Brzezenski Neal Kaufman Darren Langis C. Arnow Jared Levin John Sparks Middle Guard Greg Gicewicz Bruce McKee Linebacker Rick Mclntire Craig Peck Joe Gordian David Weiss Mark Pare Brian Powilatis Adjuster Bobby Frame Chris Maroney Eldon Johnson Mike Patterson Sean Warren Cornerback Cory Thabit Chris Rezendes Jon Lawrence Mark Bowen Jeff lafrati Rick Sofield Safety Jim Smith Bill Sellers
...border issues, Gorbachev agreed in his Vladivostok speech to pare Soviet claims. Last April the Soviets announced a phased withdrawal from Afghanistan, scheduled to end next week. The third obstacle, Kampuchea, has proved somewhat less tractable, with the future role of pro-Vietnamese and pro-Chinese political factions inside the country still clouded in uncertainty. But progress has been sufficient to inspire a Deng-Gorbachev dialogue...
...classics in order to include works by minority and female authors. The issue escalated into a national debate when Education Secretary William Bennett jumped into the fray to accuse the reformers of "trashing Plato and Shakespeare." Six weeks ago, in a deft compromise, Stanford's faculty senate voted to pare the required list to six classics plus at least one non-European work chosen by the individual professor with "substantial attention to issues of race, gender and class...
...with lower wage scales: textiles and steel are prime examples. High unemployment during the recession of 1981-82 gave companies more leverage to seek wage concessions or at least hold the line. The newest challenge to wages has been the economy's takeover frenzy, which has inspired managers to pare down work forces and hike profits as a partial defense against marauders...
Wolfe had planned to call his book O Lost. That title, however, did not appeal to Wolfe's editor, Maxwell Perkins of Charles Scribner's Sons, so Wolfe allowed Perkins to change the title, just as he allowed him to pare and reorder the text. But the theme remained...