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...very real harms to the University that it inflicts--in the chilling of rightful and desirable student dissent, in the ever-widening rift between the Administration and the student body it purports to administer to, and in the injustices done to some of the most deserving and selfless members of our community. Jinku Lee 1L Law School

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fair Punishments? | 10/29/1985 | See Source »

...Molina's selfless behavior in doing a favor for Valentin and his cadre of revolutionaries rings partially true as another example of romantic posturing. But his pitiful end seems inconsistent with the elevated claim Babenco has made throughout for fantasy. Does hanging onto our dreams make us, finally, irrelevant? Molina's final sacrifice is supposed to prove his redemption; just as his leaving home is supposed to indicate newfound maturity. Unfortunately this sort of pandering to what conventional audiences expect in a hero undermines Molina's integrity...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: One Cell of a Film | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...respectable $60,000. The modest increase may finally be just enough to raise the average ballplayer above the Saudi Arabian poverty line. The average annual salary, on the other hand, should get closer to about $400,000, which in all fairness, is fair compensation for having to work with selfless players like like Lee Mazzili, Roy Smalley, and Jim Rice...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Don't Take Me Out to the Ballpark | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

Captain Brad Kwong and junior Mark Benning were awarded the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award for devotion to the game, evidenced by aggressive and spirited play and selfless contribution to the total team effort...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Fusco Chosen M.V.P., Headlines Award Dinner | 4/23/1985 | See Source »

...good impulse--pride, the work ethic, a need to stand firm for what he figures is his--turns him into a monster with a red neck. The script would have been even stronger if Dinh had been allowed some convulsive ambiguities of his own. Instead, he must simply endure, selfless and sexless. Such is the yellow man's burden in films of the liberal persuasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: An Immigrant Tragedy in Texas Alamo Bay | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

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