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They were right, although this report avoids the blistering tone of an earlier Task Force on Minorities, also commissioned by Sobol, that hit its controversial stride in the opening sentence: "African-Americans, Asian- Americans, Puerto Rican/Latinos and Native Americans have all been the victims of an intellectual and educational oppression that has characterized the culture and institutions of the United States and the European American world for centuries...
...FATS WALLER PIANO SOLOS (Bluebird). There has never been a more joyous jazzman than this two-fisted stride pianist, whose artistry is brilliantly captured here...
After the initial shock, however, most randomized students seemed to take their unexpected plight in stride. "When my roomates first saw that we had gotten Adams, everyone sort of started blankly at the wall," Fresco said. "But by lunch they had gotten used to it. One had even changed into a black outfit...
...dictate it did. Although Brown tried to throw the Crimson off stride with a quick start, Harvard remained even with the Bruins for the early part of the race. By the 500-meter mark, Princeton and Northeastern faded and Harvard was left to battle Brown and the course's heavy winds alone...
...extraordinary approval rate of 76% -- even Ronald Reagan stood at just 38% at a comparable point in his first term. But that represents a 10-point drop from March 7, one week after American and allied troops rolled into Kuwait City. White House officials took the dip in stride, claiming that they never put too much stock in the President's incredible postwar approval ratings and had always expected them to settle down to more realistic levels. "When he was at 70% it was great," said an official last week. "But 90% was just plain silly...