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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the incident was the act of a few and not evidence of general racism. It's the case of a very small group who make the whole neighborhood look like a racist community," says Marty Sack, director of the East End community center. "We don't want to sweep it under the carpet," says Frank Budryk, a member of the East Cambridge Planning Team "we want to confront...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, Jacob M. Schlesinger, and Steven R. Swartz, S | Title: East Cambridge Clings To Old World Values | 7/9/1982 | See Source »

...Israelis want a new Lebanese government dominated by the faction with which they feel most comfortable: the right-wing Christian Phalange, led by the Gemayel family. Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, the hard-liner who planned and directed the sweep into Lebanon, has even envisaged turning the country into a Phalangist-controlled state. Other Israeli officials, however, are more flexible and see the necessity for forming a broad coalition of all significant Lebanese political groups?including the Muslim leftists led by Walid Jumblatt, head of the so-called National Movement, which has been loosely allied with the P.L.O...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Risks and Opportunities | 6/28/1982 | See Source »

...vast sweep of this "cosmopolitan center" quickly becomes apparent Libraries, museums, dining halls, parking lot--they are all here. There are special programs in dance, in preparation for being pre-med (women only), and of course, Ukranian Studies. The powerful symbol of the Ukraine appears repeatedly throughout the Register. "Beginning Ukraine." "Intermediate Ukraine." "Advanced Ukraine." "Religion and politics in Ukraine Since 1917." Relentlessly, the vision of the Ukraine slams into the reader's pysche, jarring loose the inevitable question. "Why does Harvard offer so many courses on the Ukraine in its summer session?" Clearly, there is no simple answer...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Summer in the Ukraine | 6/20/1982 | See Source »

...like to try new things." Conceded Timothy Hyde, executive director of Iowa's Republican Party: "Now there is a race, and there wasn't before." State Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, agrees: "There is no Republican now who could win the kind of victory that would sweep other people in with him." The leading Republican candidate to succeed Ray is Lieutenant Governor Terry Brans tad, 35, a well-financed conservative. His probable opponent: former U.S. Attorney Roxanne Conlin, 37, who apparently holds a commanding lead over her two opponents in next month's Democratic primary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times in a Soft Underbelly | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...play. Allard stayed in the game anyway. In the statistics department, team captam Chicarello tied the Harvard season record with 12 doubles in 1982. Catcher Vinnine Martelli had an RBI in the nightcap to give him 36 for the year, four short of the Harvard record. The doubleheader sweep was the first, and necessarily the last, for Harvard in EIBL, action this year. Dartmouth, which has a history of poor teams, finishes its year at 8-23-1 over all Final EIBL Standings 1982 1. Navy 13-4-1 2. Cornell 12-6 3. HARVARD 9-9 3. Brown...

Author: By Marco L. Qucazzo, | Title: Baseball Takes Two From Dartmouth Ends Year Tied For Third in EIBL | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

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