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Kates says the committee wants to select another candidate this fall, but that the position could not be filled until the fall...

Author: By Rachel H. Inker, | Title: New ideas promise progress | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

Lotto is the game that captures the most attention-and headlines-in those states that have it. Typically, the player picks six numbers from 1 to 44 and waits to see if they pop up in the Ping Pong-ball contraptions used to select winning combinations. If no one wins, the jackpot accumulates. Another game is the instant lottery, with scratch cards that let players know immediately if they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gambling on a Way to Trim Taxes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

Kevin White has left the skyline as his legacy; but Boston will never become a great city so long as its newfound prosperity is offered only to a select group...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Racism and Boston | 5/16/1984 | See Source »

...Army. He hopes to be back in time for Saturday's twin bill with Dartmouth A bad-hop batting-practice grounder shattered the nose of back-up-infielder Mike Pakalnis Tuesday. He'll be back Saturday, too. As a result junior T.J. Andre played second... The NCAA will select a site for the Northeast Regional after the rest of the entrants qualify Last year's tourney, held at Maine's Mahaney Diamond, drew more than 5000 paying spectators, it Maine wins the ECAC New England division, it will likely host the tournament again. "The NCAA likes to select a site...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Baseball Wins Pair To Clinch League Title | 5/10/1984 | See Source »

...Capitol Hill, the Reagan Administration was engaged in some belated fence mending with Congress following the furor raised three weeks ago by legislators who charged that they had been inadequately briefed on the minings. In two hours of closed-door hearings, CIA Director William Casey conceded that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence had not been "adequately informed in a timely manner." Casey assured Senators that the mining operation had been halted, and that both the Senate and House intelligence committees would be notified of any similar operations in the future. His efforts mollified Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Battling over a Not-So-Secret War | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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