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...used to be that a pile of paperbacks was assigned reading for an English course, a sourcebook contained most of the articles needed for a Core class in historical study and a 900-page tome was the only way to wade through introductory physics or biology...
Since her years in college, Strossen says, the ACLU has made significant progress on several major civil-liberties issues, including the right to abortion--established in Roe v. Wade in 1973--and recognition of gender discrimination...
...prominence of the war was certainly all around us," says Pat Crockett Olmsted '47. "To get to class, you had to wade your way through drilling soldiers...
...into public-works budgets do we really want business to wade? Already, some local police and fire departments have official sponsors. In St. Clair County, Illinois, sheriff's department squad cars carry the logo and phone number of Barcom Electronics, a local alarm company. Barcom pays $6,000 a year to the county, which uses the money for a drug-awareness program. "Obviously, I get instant credibility," says Barcom executive Mark Bartle. But there's a danger too: if the department should come to rely on private funds for needs like vehicle maintenance, it could have to scramble to keep...
...most stirring pieces of the evening. It began with a processional, the dancers walking slowly in white suits, dresses and pants, with white fans and huge parasols, against a backdrop of blue light. It was a scene right out of one of Winslow Homer's Caribbean watercolors. The song "Wade in the Water" was danced by three people, who crossed through the "water": two dark and light turquoise blue strips of material, rippling like waves across the stage. In this symbolic baptism, a couple was led by a third woman who brought them back and forth through the waves...