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This weekend's Ivy basketball action may well prove the cauldron from which the league champion will emerge. Frank McLaughlin and his cagers are looking to stir up the Ivy basketball potpourri as much as they did last Saturday night when they threw the league-leading Penn Quakers into the mulligatawney...
Until that point, only the maverick former Tory Enoch Powell and the small, neo-Fascist National Front had dared to stir up the fears of those who object to the presence of 1.9 million "coloreds" in Great Britain (total pop. 54 million). Thatcher's statement touched off an uproar in Parliament. Labor members shouted "Racist!" There was some dismay in the Conservatives' shadow cabinet, whose members had not been consulted about the declaration, but other Tories applauded her stand, gleefully dubbing her "Thatcher, the Vote Snatcher." Callaghan accused her of "opportunism," while one Cabinet member despaired: "I have...
Council members said that, among other things, the council worried that the awards might stir up tenure controversies and that students might not always distinguish between teaching ability and teaching performance...
...G.O.P. performance, Brock hired a firm of black political consultants in Columbus, Ga., promoted the appointment of blacks to organize Southern states for the G.O.P. and visited Georgia and Mississippi to see what else could be done. Last November two top officials of the Mississippi Republican Party created a stir by making an unprecedented appearance at the state's convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "We're not likely to attract a large number of blacks," concedes Kansas Senator (and former G.O.P. chairman) Robert Dole, "but we can attract substantial numbers." Brock says...
...about 15 miles south of New Delhi. It had temporarily been renamed Carter-Poori (Carter-Place) in the American's honor. After receiving the Hindu religious tilak mark on their foreheads, the Carters met villagers. A woman of 80, squatting against a white courtyard wall, did not stir as the President was introduced to her. Carter lightly held her hand. "You see now how they live," said Desai. "I see," said Carter. "I understand...