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...Corporation, Harvard's sevenman ruling board, governs the University with President Bok. The Overseers, a 30-member body elected by alumni, generally rubber-stamps Corporation decisions...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: University in Courtrooms, Boardrooms | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...shuttle's flight readiness will come in mid-July, when Discovery's three modified main engines will be fired in unison for the first time. A few days later will come the final test of a booster by Morton Thiokol, the builder. Some of the three synthetic-rubber O rings (increased from two on previous rockets) that seal the booster's joints will be purposely flawed to see how well the rings can prevent the kind of leakage that triggered the Challenger explosion. Based on the outcome of the tests, NASA will decide on a precise launch date...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Getting Ready to Try Again | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...structure of apartheid. Most prominent blacks have sworn not to sit in the new assembly, which some have called a toy telephone. Said Mangosuthu Buthelezi, chief minister of the KwaZulu black homeland: "Black leaders have long passed the point in history where they can be used as rubber stamps for the real intentions of the country's white political leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: New Toy? Don't Botha! | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...heavyweights, says, "I think Tyson will fix him up in a couple of rounds." Ali likes Spinks, but then Ali liked Trevor Berbick, whom Tyson knocked down three times with one punch. "I don't think Tyson will even be able to hit Spinks," Ali says. "He's like rubber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing's Allure | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...Israeli-appointed mayor of the West Bank town of El Bireh was stabbed outside his office last week, presumably by Palestinian radicals who have warned Arab officials against cooperation with the occupiers. A day earlier, a nine-month- old Palestinian girl lost her left eye to an Israeli rubber bullet fired during a clash between soldiers and protesters. Two days later, a Palestinian was killed near Nablus. The six-month toll: more than 200 Palestinians dead, 5,000 wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East The P.L.O.: Back Onstage | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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