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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is, however, no time to spread education revenues thin. The public schools in the state are currently weathering a severe fiscal crisis which this referendum, if passed, would exacerbate. The government's primary concern should be with providing decent public education, and voters should uphold this principle by opposing Question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Democracy in America | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...willing to uphold this commitment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...bother to verify statements when, let's face it, a far more interesting and witty article can be composed based on imagination alone? I admire a man with the necessary dedication and courage to uphold these standards. In fact, I cheer him on. Go-o-o-o Paul!! Christine H. Ho Harvard Varsity Football Cheerleaders

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For More Veritas | 10/2/1982 | See Source »

...Even Normal Scouts, though, are rather more cosmopolitan than their earliest predecessors were in 1912. In addition to old standbys like rubbing two sticks together, today's Scouts must study things like the fine points of the U.N. Charter. At the ceremony, Holsinger, despite having pledged to uphold the Scout motto, seemed unprepared for a telephone call from the genial Old Scout himself, Ronald Reagan, Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America. Gasped Holsinger: "I thought I was going to faint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 27, 1982 | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...altogether silly note, several male high schoolers at the summer session did their best to uphold the fine traditions of Camp Harvard by opening a women's leg shaving service in their Weld Hall suite. The Weld Penthouse Shaving Society was founded on the premise that some female students were "too lazy" to take care of the job themselves, and it was apparently well-received by amused Weld women. One shaver said that he and his associates had provide their non-pront service to at least 20 customers...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: What You Missed | 9/17/1982 | See Source »

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