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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...real victim of the case is neither Brawley nor the state politicians whom her advisors accused of racism, but the Black community of New York. Because of the negative publicity brought about by the case, Blacks will continue to suffer the effects of a judicial system that never seemed to defend their rights anyway. The confused and frightened 15-year old girl who cried wolf may have set back race relations in the state by several years, but most New Yorkers prefer to place the blame on Sharpton, Maddox and Mason--who knowingly defended the false accusations--rather than...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Placing Blame Where It's Due | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...Olympics, she came in ninth. In the 1986 European Championships, she came in fourth. In 1987, at the age of 26, West German heptathlete Birgit Dressel was dead, the victim of her body's reaction to the profusion of drugs she took in order to be a great competitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heptathlete Birgit Dressel : An Athlete Dying Young | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...think [Dalton] was a victim of the battle that was going on at Harvard," says conference-goer Drury. "It was more a matter of the rest of the faculty trying to keep the Crits from getting a stronghold. If Clare Dalton is any indication, it seems as though the faculty is pretty set against letting the Crits get any real stronghold there...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Paying a Visit to the Crits | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

Johnson was stripped of his gold medal. He was sent home to wallow in his shame, an example--and a victim--of the Olympic Committee's tough drug stand...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Rings that Bind | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

Wright, it develops, was the victim of a trap laid by his longtime enemy Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams. The plan was hatched when Wright criticized CIA covert actions during a meeting with contra leaders two weeks ago. His comments were passed on to Abrams, who leaked them to the ultra- conservative Washington Times. It was a Times reporter who initially questioned Wright about CIA activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Open Secrets, Closed Doors | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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