Word: specializations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to taking advantage of the perks associated with the program, fellows are required to teach a special study group and do their own research. Designed to encourage Harvard students to enter politics. the not-for-credit groups cover topics in state, local and national government...
Coach: Joe Restic, offensive genius, watched as his special teams botched last week's game. What do you think the gray-haired gridiron guru made his team work on in practice this week? Snap, snap, snap. Restic is seeking his 100th career victory this season. He has 96 so far. He is 9-7-1 against Dartmouth...
Mahfouz's 1959 work "Children of Gebelawi"--singled out by the Nobel Prize committee for special praise--was banned in Egypt because religious authorities found analogies between characters in the book and prophets disrespecful, Mahdi said. The book was widely read in other Muslim countries...
...Howard Beach decision was a significant event. It demonstrated that there could be justice for Blacks in New York. It also indicated that a separate special prosecutor to handle cases of a racial nature might be the best way to achieve justice. Unfortunately for the Blacks, that progress was jeopardized by Sharpton, Maddox and Mason in the Brawley case...
Pursuing the same strategies that worked so well in Howard Beach, they were able to get Governor Mario Cuomo to appoint Abrams as a special prosecutor for the case. But instead of cooperating with Abrams, the three--probably because they were aware that the case was a hoax--refused to help and began accusing Abrams of unjustified racism. They went on the attack, trying to turn the Brawley case into a vehicle for their self-promotion...