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...many people think this is just a group of scientists drawing on a blackboard saying 'yes, this is possible,'" Air Force Lt. General James A. Abrahamson said at an Institute of Politics Forum. "Chunks of progress are being made and the chunks are starting...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: `Star Wars' Termed Possible in 1990s | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...contest was the first for the Crimson after its loss last Saturday on the Charles to a strong University of Pennsylvania crew. With just two weeks until a rematch with the Quakers at the Eastern Sprint Championships, Harvard looked at the Northeastern victory as an indication of progress...

Author: By Ken SEG El, | Title: Heavies Hassle Huskies in Headwind by Five Secs. | 5/5/1986 | See Source »

Lagakos' work focusses on statistically tracing the progress of illnesses. In 1984 he conducted a study of leukemia in Woburn with Zelen. Their work has been cited as an important piece of evidence in a toxic waste suit, which is currently in trial. Lagakos could not be reached for comment...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: SPH Tenures 3 Junior Faculty Members | 4/30/1986 | See Source »

...affair with more than one man at a time." No. 2: Catherine Deneuve. She was 17, he was 32. Not long afterward she announced she was pregnant, he recalls, and "from that day on, she never cried in my arms after making love." No. 3: Jane Fonda. Progress. She was of legal age (24), he was 34, and "at that time she still knew how to relax. A few hours of idleness was not a mortal sin." But today, well, "being a political figure, an exceptional businesswoman, an active supporter of her husband's career, a conscientious mother, a producer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Apr. 28, 1986 | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...which is erecting its own ivory tower by supporting self-indulgent moral isolationism. One of the few manners in which Americans can have some impact on the internal workings of a sovereign nation is through the constructive use of investment. Using investment as a means toward social and political progress may not bring about an overnight solution, but divestment leaves us with no influence at all. Instead, it robs Blacks of jobs and isolates us from the debate inside South Africa. Divesititure is a quick-fix panacea that would leave us atop the most impregnable ivory tower of all--that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Shanties | 4/26/1986 | See Source »

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