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...black population. Its departure not only deprived poor youngsters of successful role models but also knocked the props from under churches, schools and other neighborhood institutions that provided stability and support for the impoverished. Middle-class flight, together with economic shifts that have resulted in a dearth of low-skill factory jobs, dooms the inner city to social isolation and despair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Black Middle Class: Between Two Worlds | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...going to take discipline," Gilligan said. "We have to play Harvard as evenly as we can, especially on five-on-five. If we commit too many mistakes, you give them too much ice, and they'll use their speed and skating skill to capitalize...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Hockey Purist's Dream | 3/10/1989 | See Source »

Melrose netted the sweetest goal of the week--a tip-in that gave Harvard a 2-1 lead in the first period against St. Lawrence--but it was MacDonald's skill that provided...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Icemen Invasion Colors ECAC Crimson | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

Harvard then showed the skill which has made them the most successful women's fencing team in school history. Perkin defeated Gray, 5-2, to give the Crimson a two-match cushion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swordswomen Blow by Bulldogs, 10-6 | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

With the exception of Davis, his sidekick Sandman, who constantly interjects his dour-faced humor into the action, and Hines, the actors in Tap are not consistently believable. It is clear that most of them were chosen for their dancing skill and not for their dramatic talent...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: All That Jazz | 2/17/1989 | See Source »

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