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...Last week the new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, strode under Western eyes in the now easily recognizable setting of a Moscow funeral for a head of state: Soviet citizens lined up and bundled up in what seems an eternal freeze; Chopin thudding in the background; gray-coated soldiers marching stiff legged like a row of A's; a body laid out like a doll atop a hill of red and white flowers. Familiar sites: the House of Unions, the Historical Museum, the Lenin Mausoleum. Familiar rituals: foreign dignitaries solemnly shaking hands with the new man, giving him the once-over...
Behind Pan Am's steely negotiating stance are some formidable cost-control problems. With the increased competition created by deregulation, the airline is loath to raise fares to meet rising expenses. Pan Am is already saddled with stiff operating costs. Its pilots, for instance, are among the highest paid in the U.S. The captain of a Pan Am Boeing 747 jetliner can earn $150,000 annually for an average 55 flight hours each month. At People Express, pilots of similar jets make $40,000 a year while flying closer to the industry average of 85 hours. Said Robert Joedicke...
...feel that Blacks student activities help to raise the consciousness of our fellow students to the economic and social inequalities stiff extant for Black people Further, these activities, rater than being parochial instill in us a sense of Black pride and create in all people a healthy respect for differences and individuality. Anthony A. Ball '86 Vice-President Black Students Association Kenneth Johnson '87 BSA Afro-American Cultural Center Liasion Darryl Parsons '87 BSA General Organizational Liasion Brian Stevens '88 BSA Third World Student Alliance Representative Timothy A. Wilkins '86 President Black Students Association
Despite the stiff competition, Harvard Coach Maura Costin is optimistic about the Crimson's chances this weekend...
...bond formed through proximity at the office or in neighborly chats along the back fence. They may not understand each other, may not even like each other much, but somehow they see each other all the time. That kind of attachment has grown up between the Jacksons, a shy, stiff couple who live with their adolescent daughter in the built-up London suburb of Ruislip, and their Canadian-born neighbors, the sunny, boisterous, intrusive Krogers. The families pop into each other's houses, exchange presents, share holidays. So long as they accept each other at face value, the relationship works...