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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...found itself wary. For ghost-ridden common room dwellers a wink, And for all autumn-lovers a pumpkin-filled sink. For upperclass prefects a few good cold showers, And a few common rooms for the Mather gang's towers. An off-campus shelter for each Cabot dweller--And a quick painless end to the noise in the cellar. Some new ideas for the House Committees Who can't hold keg parties in such a strict city, And for all those upholding the laws against drink A gallon of New Coke (to pour down the sink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Christmas Hit List | 12/19/1985 | See Source »

Secretary Shultz was quick to applaud Peres' qualified apology. "We are satisfied," he said. Shultz later announced that a team of American investigators would travel to Israel this week to interview officials implicated in the case. "We have every reason to believe the issues involved will be resolved satisfactorily," he said. "We expect these matters to go forward expeditiously and completely." Not everyone in the Reagan Administration was so sanguine. "The apology went a long way to meeting the concerns," said a high-ranking Administration official, "but we await the results." A top intelligence officer expressed skepticism of the State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel a Slew of Unanswered Questions | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...parole would continue to be lowered until the federally mandated limit of 7,019 prisoners was reached. Some progress has already been made. As of last week the inmate population was down to 7,231, a decline of more than 500 since October. But no one expects a quick fix to the festering problems of Tennessee's prisons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennessee's Chaotic Prisons | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...Weiner '88 faced a crisis when he ran out of typing paper while writing for his next day's tutorial. But a quick dash to the store solved his dilemma...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer and Russ Muirhead, S | Title: Munching Past Midnight at the Store 24 | 12/14/1985 | See Source »

...raised in Charlotte, N.C., so the trip was to be a kind of homecoming. He had been obsessed with Sherman's legacy since coming North to school and was all set to film a serious documentary about the man whose infamy lives below the Mason-Dixon line. Taking a quick detour in New York to bivouac with his girlfriend, McElwee...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: McElwee's Sherman | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

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