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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days are gone in Kenya when the agriculture is limited to large farms headed by white colonists," said Leakey. "We are seeing a radical transformation in land use. Conservation has to be seen against that backdrop...

Author: By Juliet E. Headrick, | Title: Conservationists Discuss African Elephant | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

Bush, who has been seeking for months to increase salaries for his top aides and for federal judges, cleared the way for House action this week. By giving his blessing to the package, he made it more difficult for Democrats or Republicans to use pay as a partisan issue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Votes to Hike Member Pay to $120K | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...first the play, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, seems a little fragmented, and Thoreau (Josh Frost) ditsy rather than wise. But in the course of the performance, the play takes form. Lawrence and Lee use a series of flashbacks explaining Thoreau's civil disobedience and his getting out of jail, as well as a dream sequence involving the Mexican war. Also, various characters, such as Emerson and Thoreau's mother, appear to say things from the past, as voices from Thoreau's memory...

Author: By Stephen E. Frug, | Title: Jailhouse Talk | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...group of students even say they use "L.A. Law" as a study aid. "It's a good way to review the law," says second-year student Walter F. Fasse. "I think the show is becoming more technically correct...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: `L.A. Law': An HLS Corporate Fantasy | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...basis of sexual orientation, adopted in 1981. The Faculty has worked hard to publicize this policy: for instance, a copy of the policy is included each year in student orientation packets. Non-discrimination means that organizations or activities that discriminate may not be granted privileges by the University, including use of building space. Epps' action shows that he has assumed the power of deciding that non-discrimination does not apply in the case of ROTC meeting on campus. He has decided that non-discrimination applies only at his discretion, to be extended and limited on a case-by-case basis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rejecting Rooms for ROTC | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

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