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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ABOUT HALF-WAY through Arthur Kopit's nuclear war comedy End of the World with Symposium to Follow the protagonist, who has been commissioned to research and write a play about nuclear war, meets a Pentagon general off-the-record at a foggy rendezvous. The official confesses that he has no idea of how to bring the arms race under control." Stop me," he begs...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: BLOW-UPS: | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...United States commit suicide four times as frequently as women do, Douglas G. Jacobs, assistant professor of psychiatry, told a gathering of about 400 mental health professionals at a symposium last week sponsored by the Medical School...

Author: By Terri E. Gerstein, | Title: Men Are More Likely to Commit Suicide | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...administration of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was responsible for that campus' October 27 racial brawl, said a UMass. official at a symposium last night on racial tensions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass. Official Faults School for Brawl | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...symposium as "very enlightening." Countersaid, "It was very good to hear differentapproaches to the problem. One of the points I'mtrying to make is that it's very important for usto have mutual respect for all racial, cultural,and religious backgrounds in this University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass. Official Faults School for Brawl | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

...University of Illinois Education Professor Kenneth Travers -- at least in comparison with other countries. U.S. school youngsters, the studies found, rank low among 20-odd nations in mathematical skills from Grades 1 through 12. Among the key points of the three studies, which were the focus of a symposium convened in Washington last week by the National Research Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bad News About Math | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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