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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps countless readers' hopes for another Solitude have been misguided. Rumors have been building, though, of something big in progress. Another long, ambitious Garcia Marquez novel has been wending its way toward English translation, accumulating impressive numbers in the process: sales of more than 1 million in the original Spanish version, hundreds of thousands of copies snapped up in West Germany, Italy and France. The U.S. debut of Love in the Time of Cholera comes preceded by considerable thunder...
...University affirmative action plan represents both a commitment to hire and promote underrepresented groups, and a positive effort to assure that minorities, women and handicapped individuals are not underrepresented among our employees...The affirmative action plan commits the University to continuous evaluation of progress toward this goal...
...atmosphere of the house by broadening the educational horizon of its residents, and would eradicate unappreciated stereotyping of athletes within Kirkland House and the University as a whole. More importantly, such a stance, by refusing to hide detrimental discriminatory elements behind legitimate guises, would advance the University's progress towards its goal of creating and maintaning an ideal--educational and tolerant--social atmosphere for all of its undergraduates...
...Board of Overseers and the Corporation be established following the Board discussion in order to examine investment policy in light of the views expressed by Board members and other interested members of the community. It is expected that this joint committee will work expeditiously and will report its progress to the two Governing Boards...
...progress has been made in finding the person responsible for the three phone calls, which were made during the past two weeks, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department. But the investigation will continue "until something turns up," said Sergeant John Bodenschatz...