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...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...
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...
...thon, which organizers hope will become an annual event, may help spur growth in the homeless project, officials said...
...estimated 60 to 70 Harvard students will run in a jog-a-thon this Sunday to raise funds for Phillips Brooks House's (PBH) program of sheltering local transients...
Asked about the jog-a-thon, Reisz said, "I know we need the shelters and whatever it takes to get them is important...