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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example is Susan Cavin's Lesbian Origins, hailed by Women's Studies enthusiasts as a future "classic" in the field. Cavin doesn't screw around, so to speak. The book's first sentence is blunt: "I am a lesbian feminist sociologist." Pages later, having uncovered "a logic to the ideology of sex," debunked "capitalist patriarchs" and explored "Cross-Cultural Lesbianism," Cavin waxes philosophical...

Author: By Craig S. Lerner, | Title: Banner Waving and Consciousness Raising | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

...presidential comeback of any sort was long overdue. For three months Reagan had refused to speak out on the crisis that swirled about him. Since the diversion of Iran arms profits to the Nicaraguan contras was disclosed last Thanksgiving week, the President had made only one major public appearance: his recycled State of the Union address in January. But the Tower commission's report, with its damning disclosures of ineptitude and malfeasance, seemed to serve as a catharsis for the White House. Finally, now that the Administration's sins had been exposed, the President was forced to act decisively, beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Reagan: Trying a Comeback | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

Both Walker and Toner are dressed in green sweaters, khaki slacks, and brown shoes. Both speak in a believable Irish brogue. Alone in the bedroom, the two help each other imagine what existence will be like living in Philadelphia with "their" aunt. First, Gar is a star soccer player, then a businessman on his way to becoming president of a major corporation. Next, he's a famous violinist; later he's a powerful U. S. Senator...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Theater | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

...easy to accuse those who express unpopular views of "provocation." Your writer should come out and say what he really believes: that conservative speakers--no matter where else they are welcome to speak--have no right to open their mouths at Harvard. Marci Bobis President Conservative Club

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coors' Speech | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...speak of my personal experience so that you can understand how the Salvadoran government is using unjust methods to capture and torture citizens," Sosa told the audience of more than...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: El Salvadoran Criticizes Regime in Speech | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

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