Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sits admired but mostly untouched in Doaker's house in Pittsburgh, and it threatens to tear the family apart again. Boy Willie Charles, son of the man who stole the piano, wants to sell it and use the proceeds to buy and farm the very land where his ancestors were slaves. Boy Willie's sister Berniece denounces as sacrilege the idea of selling away a legacy her father died to obtain...
...more win will give them three Super Bowl trophies, one behind the record by the Pittsburgh Steelers and matching the Oakland-Los Angeles Raiders...
...John Paul last year pursued this pattern with two important appointments. As Archbishop of Philadelphia, he chose Anthony Bevilacqua, 65, who had handled the ouster of a pro-choice nun in 1983. The see of Pittsburgh went to Donald Wuerl, 48, who had earlier been assigned to keep watch over Seattle's liberal Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Resentment over the Hunthausen affair is one cause of mistrust and disagreement between the Vatican and the U.S. hierarchy. In the hope of improving relations, several dozen U.S. bishops will travel to Rome in March for a highly unusual face-to- face meeting with...
...outside commission, headed by University of Pittsburgh President Wesley W. Posvar, is expected to advocate changes in the current system. One revision might include introducing character witnesses later, rather than earlier, in a hearing. The committee also could change the number of votes required to approve a disciplinary action. Ten of 12 members of the honor board currently must approve such a conviction...
...painful as the task may be, economists insist that the deficit must be cut. Says Norman Robertson, chief economist of Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh: "The most important factor in determining whether we have a recession in the next two years is going to be whether we adopt a credible deficit- reduction program...