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...1980s, divestment activism continued togain strength, reaching its peak in 1986. After aseries of confrontations with Bok and his topadvisors, students built shanties in the Yard,leaving them for all to see as Harvard geared upfor its 350th anniversary celebration...
Goldhaber said Henry has the experience necessary to keep the Dental School running at peak efficiency while pursuing the goals of the previous administration...
...operations has escalated into a virtual civil war. Heavily armed pro- and antigambling factions have battled for control of the main road through the reservation, which straddles the border between upstate New York and Canada's Quebec and Ontario provinces. Last week the fighting reached a new and bloody peak: thousands of shots were exchanged in a three-hour gun battle that left two dead. Hundreds of New York State troopers, who had previously been reluctant to intervene on the largely self-governing reservation, and a force of Canadian police moved in to restore an uneasy calm...
Even so, IRCA supporters insist that the law has helped solve the problem. Since 1987, IRCA has allowed 3 million undocumented aliens to obtain legal status. During that time, the number of aliens captured annually fell by half, from a peak of 1.8 million in 1986. Although supporters applaud this as proof that would-be illegals are staying home, a more plausible explanation is that the legalization program helped to augment -- not reduce -- the illicit flow. Even more telling, the influx is rising once again. Since December, the INS' monthly apprehension figures are averaging 50% higher than the year before...
...beat. And that's what I like about heavy metal bands. Besides, they're gorgeous! A lot of adults don't like them because when they're married and settled down, they don't think about having action or talking dirty. But teenagers do because of their sexual peak. If songs have curses in them, they're not going to bother kids. Everyone knows swear words by the third grade. My advice to parents is to let your kids grow up and do what they want to do." What burns Lisette is the idea that her music should be censored...