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Julius ("Dr. J") Erving, the most watchable basketball player of the past 16 years, has begun to say goodbye to cities: Portland, Seattle, Oakland, Phoenix. At final stops along the Philadelphia 76ers' way, home teams have been introducing their own players first in order to build a crescendo for Dr. J, the National Basketball Association star who plays for everyone...
...Editorial Board: Stephen L. Ascher '88 of Winthrop House and Manhasset, New York; Gregory R. Bell '89 of Mather House and Portland, Oregon; Emily S. Bingham '87 of Mather House and Louisville, Kentucky; John M. Glazer '87-'88 of Quincy House and Orinda, California; Christine Huang '90 of Wigglesworth Hall and Berkeley, California; Susan L. Kelly '87 of Adams House and Chattanooga, Tennessee; John F. Lambros '87-'88 of Adams House and New York, New York; Eric Pulier '88 of Winthrop House and Teanack, New Jersey; Andrew J. Sussman '87 of Adams House and Staten Island, New York; Steven...
Rossler and some 60 other aggrieved males were gathered at a motel in Portland, Ore., for the fifth annual meeting of the National Convention for Men, an umbrella group for some 36 organizations representing more than 6,000 people who want to change divorce and custody law. The air was thick with smoke and anger as conventioners huddled in the halls and motel bar, denouncing "father bashing" and "female chauvinism," muttering about the hidden agenda of man-hating and lesbian social workers, and comparing the law's treatment of divorcing men to the Holocaust and Salem witch-hunts...
...rights have been & withheld so often that he has been in and out of court for six years. "The vast majority of fathers are denied visitation," he said. "The noncustodial parent becomes isolated, and things are stacked against him." Peter Cyr, outgoing president of N.C.M. and a dentist from Portland, Me., spent seven years and $25,000 getting joint custody of his two daughters. "Even if you win a custody trial," he lamented, "you are wiped out financially, and your relationship with your children is ruined." Another man announced emotionally, "My children are going to be taken from...
While many small, independent shops are still thriving because consumer demand continues to grow, the large national chains have started to grab most of the new business. National Video of Portland, Ore., which opened its first outlet in 1981, has 776 franchises in the U.S. and opens an average of 15 new shops every month. The convenience-store chain 7-Eleven plans to offer its MovieQuik rental club, which has no membership fee, in 7,000 of its 7,636 outlets by the end of the year. MovieQuik's feature attraction is speediness; because each member's account data...