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PHILADELPHIA--Students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School are concerned with a rapid decline in the number of minority students enrolled at the school and the allegedly racist attitudes of some white students...
...with hardly a breath in between. The roles of the disciples, though loosely defined, make up a chorus. The fast pace, rhythmic folk-rock arrangements and wide amplitude of the dance movement create an atmosphere of joyous anticipation. Each song builds to this climax and a break from the rapid-fire skits, but the mood changes drastically near the end of the second act, during the period of persecution and crucifixion...
...Bicker that took five extra nights of haggling to get a bid for everyone in 1955, The Daily Princetonian and other university organizations demanded the provision of an alternative to the club system. The result was the creation of the now discredited Wilson Lodge. It is in the rapid physical improvement of the Lodge plant, however, and the dim hope that it may eventually evolve into something akin to a Harvard House, that The Princetonian and most of the other critics of the clubs still look for salvation. Just such a project was placed before Woodrow Wilson as a suggested...
...rapid succession, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan?whose department includes the Secret Service?Haig and others joined the group of White House staffers in Baker's office. Initially, there was little talk of military alerts or providing for a transfer of power; they discussed such matters as notifying Brady's wife and Reagan's children. Meese suggested that he and Baker go to the hospital. It was a questionable move, since it separated the dominant troika (Meese, Baker and Deaver) from the Situation Room in the White House. Recalled one participant: "Meese was like a rock. Baker was shaken...
...Third World. For the poorest countries, foreign aid--dispensed by both the United States and international bodies such as the World Bank--is invaluable. For newly industrializing countries such as Brazil, South Korea and Mexico, a reduction of protectionism in the developed world is necessary in order to permit rapid economic growth and the satisfaction of rising expectations...