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...mostly disappointed in the Harvard administration. While Powell is certainly an inspiring and thoughtful speaker, we wonder how inspiring he will seem to those students denied participation in ROTC because of their sexual orientation. Commencement speeches are a good time to preach the value of serving your country, but Powell would deny that right to hundreds of students. By lending the special imprimatur of Harvard to Powell, the University's commitment to non-discrimination against homosexuals might not be called into doubt, but its sensitivity certainly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unwise Decision | 4/23/1993 | See Source »

Carrying signs which read "Stop the disenfranchisement of Blacks," "Black administration is an endangered species," and "Do not preach diversity, practice it," students circled the committee tables to allow the audience to read their slogans...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Students Back House Master Before School Committee | 4/14/1993 | See Source »

Koresh began to preach that his followers should ready themselves for a final battle with unbelievers. The Waco settlement, once a collection of old cottages scattered around 78 acres of scrub pasture and woods, was consolidated into a compact fort the size of a city block. Having equipped it with an underground bunker and an armory -- adjacent to the chapel -- cult members discussed renaming the place Ranch Apocalypse. Federal agents began tracking frequent shipments of firepower that they say amounted to 8,000 lbs. of ammunition and enough parts to assemble hundreds of automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Some time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Koresh: Cult Of Death | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...Elijah Muhammad, Warith Deen Muhammad, like the majority of African-American Muslims, has accepted the non-racist beliefs of mainstream Islam. A vocal minority in the Nation of Islam, however, continue, to preach their message of intolerance...

Author: By Mohammed Asmal, | Title: Misrepresenting Islam | 3/12/1993 | See Source »

...trying to preach. Hey, I was glued to the TV myself this week during the Duke-Michigan game...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: They Are Just Kids | 12/11/1992 | See Source »

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