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Second, and worse, they played badly. Just plain badly. They were off-pitch and off-rhythm more often than not. Maybe it's just as well they did play only Harvard songs--anything more familiar might have drawn the boos from the crowd they deserved. Frankly, the small boys from the Fenn School who came next were better in every respect. Lydia A. Smith
...cases reinforced the widely held impression that a double standard exists in the treatment of aliens seeking sanctuary in the U.S. In fact, the Administration has made it plain that it takes a more sympathetic view of the persecution claims of anyone fleeing a Communist country. The Justice Department is considering a new interpretation of the 1980 Refugee Act that would establish a "presumption" that aliens fleeing a Communist regime have a well-founded fear of persecution that would meet the requirement for political asylum. The ins's Rivkind, who stopped deportation proceedings against eight Nicaraguans in Miami last week...
...last bulwark of the old world is giving way. Plain doctoring rest in peace. Boston and Harvard physicians, and physicians across the country, are learning how to play politics and manipulate the media to get their share--just like diplomats, farmers, and terrorists...
Coles, Dr. John A Billings, assistant clinical professor of medicine, and Dr. John D. Stoekle, professor of medicine, taught "Plain Doctoring" in January, 1983, a course designed to introduce medical students to the practice of medicine within a broader context--one which included community, housing, and family. The one-month course had taken students into the homes of patients, and given them hands-on training...
...They're plain wrong," he said, citing medical and scientific evidence. "At and above .10, their brain and central nervous system are literally bathed in enough alcohol to make [the drivers] unsafe pilots," he said...