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More than 250 students, including members of the United Coalition Against Racism, Last month staged a 24-hour blockade of an administration building and chained the building's doors so that workers could not enter. After university security official entered the building by underground steam tunnels and locked protests our, the activists decided to storm a meeting of the University Regents. BOSTON UNIVERSITY...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | 4/11/1987 | See Source »

...change in policy toward the rebels? Aquino had reluctantly concluded that her conciliatory approach had run out of steam. Since a 60-day cease-fire ended in early February, military officials said 170 N.P.A. rebels, 115 soldiers and police and 31 civilians had been killed. Pressure from her generals and Washington was also a factor. Most Reagan Administration officials believed that she was wasting her time negotiating with the Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Tough Words from the Top | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

...final clubs have been stripped of their access to steam heat and the centrex phone system, but they have not lost their lifeblood: support and respect from individual students and University officials. The question in the case of Ms. Couch then is not whether her actions were in violation of University regulations, but rather why she condones the existence of final club in the first place...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Making the Final Break | 3/27/1987 | See Source »

...Whenever there's an opportunity to blow off steam, they blow off steam," says first-year student Anthony J. DiNovi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Risky Business: What Pre-MBA's Do for Social Life | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

When Mr. Reagan addresses the nation Wednesday, there is one more thing that he can do to take the steam out of the steamroller that has been bearing down on him. He can offer the people an expression of genuine remorse. Even cleverly feigned regret will...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: By Reason of Inanity | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

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