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Although the evangelical leadership pledged their support to a president as telegenic as they were in the last two elections, this time around endorsements from the discredited, scandalized preachers will hold much less weight. Rank-and-file believers are still the type of people that the Democratic party has traditionally attracted--poor Southerners...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, | Title: Preaching Donkeys | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

...went to the meeting to "share our experience ((and)) give them our insight on how prices could be stabilized." Texans, who have felt neglected by the rest of the U.S. in recent years, sometimes like to point out that if their state were a member of OPEC, it would rank among the group's largest producers, trailing only the Saudis, the Iraqis and the Iranians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strange Bedfellows in Vienna | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...free association. I can't say if this is true, because I'm not a lawyer. Harvard's clubs, composed of roughly 5 percent of the undergraduate student body, could hardly be called "integral" to the Harvard experience (unless smokey poker games, billiards, beer, and occasional blacktie dinners rank high on your list of daily activities). So the gender discrimination question boils down to: Will the Harvard clubs be allowed to remain as they are, given the U.S. Constitution, Harvard's policies, and the temper of society today? Perhaps, perhaps not. It is an issue which deserves attention, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Club Fallacies | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...play, which is set on a Southern Army base during World War II centers around the continuing struggle of a Black officer, Captain Richard Davenport, to receive the respect that his rank deserves, and the lost struggle of another Black officer, Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, who failed to maintain his dignity as a man or as a soldier. The plot consists of Davenport's investigation of Waters' murder and the added tensions it imposes upon the all Black company of army soldiers and their white commanding officers...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Top Brass | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

Each of Harvard's different schools compete for the limited amount of endowment funds that are not tied up for specific purposes, such as funding professorships or book funds. Many programs that we consider integral party of undergraduate life are considered discretionary, and would not rank high among University priorities when compared to requests by the other schools. Contributing directly to undergraduate education ensures that the money to fund a 20 percent student participation rate in varsity athletics or professional dramatic productions will be available to the next generation of students. When the money's not there...

Author: By Thomas D. Warren, | Title: Senior Gift is Apolitical | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

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