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...Carle and Curry, basketball has been a central, if not the central element of their Harvard careers. Similarly, the twosome have been the primary force behind the steadily-improving cagers. Four years ago a new coach, Carole Kleinfelder, and her two talented freshmen began to rebuild the listless women's squad into a strong Ivy contender...
...same ballroom of Ottawa's Château Laurier hotel where he had conceded defeat last May after eleven years as Prime Minister. A mere three months ago, he had announced his impending retirement from public life, acknowledging that he was no longer the leader to rebuild his shattered party or shape its solutions to the problems confronting Canada in the new decade...
...week's end the rain ended, and Jimmy Carter declared the worst hit sections of California and Arizona disaster areas, making residents eligible for federal loans to rebuild their homes...
...society either in the military or in another form of public service (e.g., Peace Corps, Vista, hospital volunteers, community organizing, etc.). The human resources and enthusiasm that this system would channel into constructive tasks would be considerable. This might make possible programs to clean up the environment and rebuild our cities that would have been far too expensive even to contemplate attempting if everyone who participated had to be paid with tax dollars...
...Abscam tapes allegedly also record Senator Williams boasting that he had used his influence with the commission to save one group of hotel developers $3 million, apparently by getting the commission's approval to renovate rather than rebuild a structure housing its casino. The company Williams had helped had employed his wife Jeanette, first as a director, then a consultant, paying her $18,000 a year. At the same time, Mrs. Williams served full-time at a $33,000 salary on the staff of the Senate Labor Committee, of which the Senator is chairman...