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...Matthew R. Cohen ’11, co-president of Harvard Students for Israel, said he hoped that holding the event on the MAC quad could attract non-Jews to stop by and experience a little bit of the Israeli culture. One non-Jewish attendee, Cecelia A. Raker ’11, said she was there with friends but that she thought it was wonderful to see so many people come together. “[Israel] really is incredible in all senses and is still strong,” Raker said...
...Neill. For 62 years the club has been the exclusive golf preserve of Presidents, Cabinet members, Congressmen and corporate chiefs. So long as they were male, that is. Women have never been admitted as members, guests or even maids. Last week Montgomery County Circuit Judge Irma Raker ruled that until Burning Tree begins admitting women, it can no longer enjoy a special exemption under which most of its property taxes have been waived. That exemption currently amounts to $186,000 a year. Said Raker: "Private discrimination may be characterized as a form of exercising freedom of expression...
Discrimination his never been accorded affirmative constitutional protection," notes Judge lrma S. Raker of the Montgomery County (Md.) Circuit Court in taking away the Burning Tree Country club's $186,000-a-year real estate tax exemption. However, Raker also writes that "Private discrimination may be characterized s a Torm of exercising freedom of expression." In other words, discrimination is okay--so long at the state doesn't subsidize...
More accurate than elegant, McClintick's tinsel raker has attracted the general public as well as the corporate elite and has climbed onto the bestseller lists. Surprisingly, it does not peer in Bel Air bedrooms. Instead, it focuses on the boardrooms of East Coast conglomerates. There, his minimoguls weep, curse and whisper. The reason? Actor Cliff Robertson had informed authorities that a $10,000 check was forged by Begelman. Why, insiders wondered, had the six-figure-salaried studio chief, a former talent agent and model for the ruthless Lyon Burke in Valley of the Dolls, not merely borrowed...
...disadvantage is his supporting cast. Sampson, you will remeber, is the 7-ft. 4-in center that NBC commentator Al McGuire will tell you 10 or 20 times a game is the "Player of the Century." Unfortunately for Cavalier Coach Terry Holland, the loss of Jeff Lamp and Lee Raker ro graduation means that opposing teams will be able to put a lot more pressure on Sampson. No matter haw good he really is, the big guy won't be able to do wonders when he is triple-teamed around the basket...