Word: quests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Looking out for people in need has motivated John through a political and spiritual quest that has taken him places few Harvard students go. He entered college expecting to major in Government and "graduate from here, go home, get elected to a little thing, and work my way up. Since about age six," he said, "I decided I should be president, that that was the way to help people--and I did, in fact, do all the right things. I'd gotten involved in local politics at a pretty young...
...hopes, and its five month quest for approval of the proposal, died last week when the council solidly rejected the non-discrimination clause in an informal vote during its fourth meeting to discuss the measure...
...minute as French voters flinched at the specter of Socialists and Communists sharing power. The years of tactical hedging are over. For Mitterrand, the presidency is a liberation. Only now will France, and the rest of the world, learn what kind of leadership the voters have chosen in their quest for change...
Mattlin's quest for a fulfilling college experience began when he was a high school junior during a visit to Harvard. "I knew they were encouraging me to apply. Other places were indifferent and discouraging." Mattlin recalls. He selected Harvard after becoming the third person from his high school in 35 years to be accepted to the University. He cites "the bigness and tension of the urban environment." Harvard's diversity, accessible facilities, and the University's previous experience with disabled students as the school's primary attractions...
...Elis that pose the first major hurdle in the Crimson quest for the Ivy title, a prerequisite to an NCAA berth. Yale currently boasts the best non-conference record of any Ivy team, and if Yale stops the Crimson, Crimson hopes will die with the loss...