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Ever since then he's been running the show, "trying to uphold the same ideals" as Weiland, who Cleary calls "the Old Master." How successful has he been...
...Harvard students fully aware of the reputation that their school carries, a reputation which they can either uphold or destroy? My experience on January 4 told me that either they are not aware or that they don't care. Chanting that RPI students are MIT rejects, and then putting down MIT, shows independent observers a few things about those who attend Harvard. First, it shows that those at Harvard are a little behind the times in terms of their knowledge about the country's leading technological universities. Second, it shows that for some reason Harvard fans don't think enough...
...Goetz. Seabolt did not condone the illegal gun, but said, "I'm glad to see someone who's got enough guts to stand up for his rights." The sheriff's actions outraged the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Rev. Joseph Lowery. "When someone sworn to uphold the law raises money to help a lawless individual, somebody ought to check into that," he said. "We want to make a hero out of Goetz, which was made a little easier because the four victims were black. Do we long for the days of Wyatt Earp and Dodge City? That...
Gromyko was asked what would result if the United States failed to uphold the spirit of the Geneva agreement on preventing an arms race in space, and he replied: "Those consequences would be most grave. If it (the United States) embarks on that path, the talks would be blown up. We made such a warning to the U.S. delegates...
...Stockman, were presented to Reagan in a thick loose-leaf book. Although the details were not made public, the outlines became clear after a series of high-level White House meetings late last week. The Stockman plan would demand sacrifices from a broad range of citizens in order to uphold Reagan's campaign pledge not to raise taxes, cut Social Security or countenance much slowdown in the U.S. military buildup...