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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...create a stir within the Soviet Union by inundating their government with letters and to awaken student concern to the plight of refuseniks as a human rights issue, not a Jewish one," said Melissa B. Milgram '88, co-chairman of the Hillel committee sponsoring the write-a-thon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hillel To Protest For Soviet Jews | 10/15/1985 | See Source »

HOUSTON--Phil Garner and Dickie Thon drove in second-inning runs to back rookie Charlie Kerfeld's pitching and give the Astros a 2-0 victory yesterday over the Atlanta Braves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports Wrap | 10/2/1985 | See Source »

...contribute to the continued vitality of a regime of state terror. The movement urging the disinvestment of American capital from South Africa, and divestment from corporations that continue to participate in the apartheid economy, was not initiated in the Adams pool, or after a Quincy bong-a-thon. All the legitimate voices of the South African liberation struggle: Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo of the African National Congress, Archbishop Huddlestone and Rev. Carstons of the International Defense and Aid Fund, Desmond Tutu, Allen Boesak of the United Democratic Front, and the brutally murdered Steve Biko, have repeatedly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's Not Too Late | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

Both athletes chose arthroscopy, partly because it offered at least an outside chance of competing in Los Angeles. The decision was wise: both went on to earn gold medals in their events, Benoit by winning the first women's Olympic mara thon and Retton by beating out the top Rumanian and Chinese gymnasts for the all-around championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How Surgery Won Gold Medals | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

Asked about the jog-a-thon, Reisz said, "I know we need the shelters and whatever it takes to get them is important...

Author: By Michael C.D. Okwu, | Title: PBH Committee Will Launch Jog-A-Thon for the Homeless | 11/3/1983 | See Source »

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