Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...want the students to see themselves as having a role because they are a link to the American culture and the English language," said Frank Sherry of Centro Presente, a Cambridge organization...
...nomination of conservative Judge Robert H. Bork has once again proven Dooley's insight. But in the case of Bork, whose judicial demeanor the Senate Judiciary Committee has spent the past two weeks examining, it's not yet clear which election return will play the deciding role. Will it be the election returns of 1984 that put Ronald Reagan and his conservative social ideals back into the White House? Or will it be the election of 1986 that gave the Democrats control of the Senate and control of the Judiciary Committee, which has dissected Bork in all but body...
...last week, the silver-tongued son of East Cambridge was trying to raise the bill. "It's up to you," he told City Manager Healy, who is used to serving in the role of punching bag on Monday nights...
...under attack and congenial close up, Schmoke is modest about his accomplishments. "From the earliest age, there have been people who recognized in me an ability to do better than I thought I could, and they pushed me," he says. Schmoke downplays racial politics, contending that a leader's role is "to try to get people to see their commonality rather than their differences." His early ideal as a black politician was Republican Edward Brooke, the former Massachusetts Senator. Schmoke's impressive start may make him a model for a generation of politicians to come...
...opportunity to push through needed reforms. On the reformers' list are such measures as liquidation of money-losing state companies, closer supervision of regional banks by central authorities, and curbs on the ability of regional governments to veto national legislation. Moreover, the Yugoslav press played an unusually aggressive role in uncovering the fraud, and optimists hope that the high-level resignations ^ and arrests indicate that the days of official cover-ups are ending...