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With the exception of Joan Benoit's victory in the marathon, all the gold medals won by the U.S. in track and field were captured by black Americans. This feat is testimony that talent combined with motivation and opportunity can prevail against enormous odds. Nevertheless, as a black American I feel we must constantly remind young blacks that regardless of the achievements of Valerie Briscoe-Hooks and Carl Lewis, sport is an extra curricular activity. To abandon academics in favor of sports is as risky as betting the house rent on the lottery...
Those qualities have helped Gregorian prevail over what once seemed a nearly hopeless financial morass. When he arrived, the library was balancing its budget not only by cutting back services but by eating into its $80 million endowment. Then Gregorian began stating his case to potential givers. It was both blunt and plain: the library is necessary and therefore it should be supported. "I have never relied on the guilt or vanity of donors," explains Gregorian. "Charity you give out of pity. Philanthropy is for a higher cause...
...stereotype of academic "Camp Harvard's" patrons as rich and snobby, mixed feelings prevail...
...Kansas City Monday night, and after the two candidates met for two hours the next day, they sounded warily friendly. Jackson handed Mondale a list of black and Hispanic women who, he said, should be considered as potential Vice Presidents. More substantive, Jackson pledged that "together we will prevail in November" and even conceded that runoff primaries do not invariably discriminate against black office seekers. That indicated that Jackson might accept defeat gracefully on his minority planks and concentrate his incandescent oratory at the convention, and during the campaign, against Reagan...
...Saudis have been trying to contain tensions in the area, hoping that reason will somehow prevail. They are desperately seeking to prevent the conflict, as well as Khomeini's brand of Islamic fundamentalism, from spreading. Says a senior Western diplomat in Jidda: "They are timid balancers. Their power is in their pocketbooks, not their guns." The Saudis can avoid a clash as long as the Iranians limit their attacks to tankers at sea. If they hit ships in the vicinity of the Saudi port of Ras Tanura or the Kuwaiti port of Mena al Ahmadi, a Saudi or Kuwaiti...