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...companies like Texas Instruments, Chevron, Phelps Dodge, Kimberly-Clark, Texaco and Crown Zellerbach. Any time in the last 40 years, some carefully applied American pressure might have spawned major reform. Probably anytime, that is, until March of last year, when a rightist gunman shot and killed Archbishop Oscar Romero as he celebrated Mass. Perhaps anytime until November 28 of last year, when six leaders of the Democratic Revolutionary Front were assassinated. Maybe, though probably not, even today. As the crisis deepened, more decisive action would have been necessary. Instead, the Carter administration fooled around at the edges, offering the Salvadoran...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forgotten El Salvador | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...loss to Brown was also "a case of seeing a team too many times," Winthrop House resident Valerie Romero, one of three seniors on the team, said, adding, "they were really...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Spikers Place Fifth In Ivy League Tournament | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...lost because Penn, Princeton and Cornell have a little more experience and a few fancier shots--we didn't beat ourselves," Romero, who suffered through most of this season with an injured elbow, added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Spikers Place Fifth In Ivy League Tournament | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...focal point of Altman's 5-1 offense, she essentially directs the team and to a large extent controls the tempo of the game. Co-captain Valerie Romero, a Winthrop House senior, says, "Margaret is a dominating force; she is all over the court on every point--a really dedicated volleyball player...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leads Women Spikers to Ivy Playoffs | 10/22/1981 | See Source »

...ball is hit in an overhand motion on the bottom of the fist, aimed towards a gap or weak link in the opponent's defense. Cheng's floaters usually force a weak return that enables the team to "gain control of the point" and eventually put away the spike, Romero said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leads Women Spikers to Ivy Playoffs | 10/22/1981 | See Source »

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