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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After weathering a seven-minute scoring drought in the first half, the Crimson (2-3) trailed the Judges (3-3), 25-19, at halftime. But Harvard rallied behind a 7-0 run to start the second half and 13 second-half points from sophomore forward Ron Mitchell (17 points, 7 rebounds) to pull...
...Crimson came streaking out of the blocks to start the second half. A quick three-pointer by Co-Captain Fred Schernecker, a slam by James off a touchdown pass from Dana Smith, and a coast-to-coast drive by James--all in the first 1:18 of the half--gave Harvard the lead and forced a Brandeis timeout...
...children. For 18% of dual-paycheck couples who work separate shifts, the father is the primary child-care provider during the wife's working hours. The more "women's work" men perform, the more respectable that work becomes and the less men take women for granted. "If men start taking care of children, the job will become more valuable," insists Gloria Steinem...
...repairing the physical destruction is only the beginning; next comes the damage control. Dec. 15 marks the start of the high tourist season, and if tourists do not come back, neither will the islands. More than 10 million visitors came last year, leaving behind $7.3 billion. After Hugo, cancellations poured in, even for destinations not touched by the storm. "Part of our problem is fighting people's terrible knowledge of geography," says John Bell, executive vice president of the Caribbean Hotel Association. "There were groups dropping out of trips to Aruba and Barbados, which were hundreds of miles from Hugo...
...threaten more. Among other causes, he has battled surrogate motherhood, animal patenting and agricultural experiments involving open-air use of genetically altered bacteria. He tried to delay the launch of the Galileo spacecraft by warning that a shuttle explosion could rain plutonium on Florida. In Wisconsin he has helped start a boycott of dairy products from cows that are being fed a genetically engineered growth hormone. Indeed, Rifkin's success at blocking research projects led one biotech newsletter to label him "the Abominable...