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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately for the Democrats, they don't seem to have anyone sleazy enough...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Bush-Meese Ticket Will Put The Sleaze Factor to Work | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...strongest group is the all-aroundadmittees," Fitzsimmons says. "College admissionsoffices make it seem like a must that you have tobe a specialist in one field or another. That'snot true. There are, obviously, people who excelin certain areas, like academics, or music, orwhatever, but no one would get in on that alone...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Admissions Process Is Diverse, Complex | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...students entering the class seem to comefrom a wider variety of states than in the past,with only 19.6 percent coming from New England.While almost 30 percent of the incoming class isfrom the Mid Atlantic states, that percentage isslightly down from past years as more students areapplying and gaining acceptance from the PacificNorthwest and foreign countries than ever before...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Freshman Class Sets Application Records | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...number of men still missing and the dim prospects for finding them alive seem certain to make the Piper Alpha explosion the worst oil rig disaster ever, surpassing the 123 deaths when the Alexander L. Kielland platform capsized in Norway's North Sea waters in March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oil Rig Explosion Kills as Many as 166 | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...that Donoso's novel moves, sometimes tortorously and awkwardly, as if trying to imitate the horrific lives of the people it portrays. Within Curfew's chapters of machine guns and blood, moreover, Donoso's novel proves that even in an area where police stand on every street corner and seem planted for protection, it is unclear who is the object of their guard. In Donoso's Chile nothing is sacred, no one is safe, and even love perishes in the face of political complications and desires...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Donoso's Vague Chile | 7/6/1988 | See Source »

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