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...demonstration threw a small wrench in some of the illusions students possess, that somehow "their University" crisis in a vacuum, outside the social realities of decaying capitalist society. What we must realize is that ins this University is part and parcel of the whole racist system...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Anti-Apartheid Victory | 5/13/1985 | See Source »

...should be noted, however, that each of those losses was closely contested and that the spikers do possess the talent to play up to East Stroudsburg's caliber of volleyball...

Author: By Lisa R. Eskow, | Title: Spikers Seek to Make Crimson History; Stroudsburg Favored in NCAA Playoffs | 4/13/1985 | See Source »

...Crimson plays with a consistency that it possess but has not yet demonstrated in its matches against Princeton, it can defy the odds and defeat the Tigers...

Author: By Lisa R. Eskow, | Title: Spikers Seek Consistency, Shoot for Tigers, Crown | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

...beat sticks against the ice, not to mention each other, Gretzky will be remembered. Bird's legacy should also be durable, though he attaches little importance to history: "As far as that goes, it's enough for me that the flags are flying in Boston Garden." Neither expected to possess his sport for long or forever. "When I finish," says Gretzky, "I'll walk away from it totally, be my own person, my own businessman." This plan amuses Gretzky's friend Howe, who lingered 32 pro seasons and is a Hartford Whalers' executive now. The way Bird looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Masters of Their Own Game | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Still, there is a deeper argument over revenue sharing than the matter of whether the President or the Governors currently possess the most political courage. It centers on the question of just which governmental functions should be national, and financed by all taxpayers, and which are primarily local and should be funded locally. Federal grants to states and cities took root in the 1960s largely as Democratic programs aimed at particular problems, including health, nutrition, housing and jobs. Funds were earmarked for very specific purposes, and Washington set standards that had to be met to get the money. Richard Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Drive to Kill Revenue Sharing | 3/11/1985 | See Source »

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