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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's fears come in the wake of increasing drinking-related fatalities at fraternity houses nationwide. Last year Zeta Psi's Stanford chapter voluntarily disbanded when a member of the fraternity died after a rush event, says Joseph M. Pisano, an assistant dean of student affairs and the fraternal affairs advisor at the Palo Alto school. In the 1970s, Pisano says, the chapter had lost recognition from the university because of hazing practices but regained official status several years...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Going Greek: Frats Seek Harvard Foothold | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

...died does not really excuse him. The fact that Fox brings the sympathy he has won, and the comic elan he has perfected, on television cannot restore Jamie to our good graces. The fact that James Bridges is a hopelessly unimaginative director finishes Jamie off. In the wake of this film's failure, one begins pondering Bright Lights, Big City's last line on McInerney's behalf: "You will have to learn everything all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dead Letters | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...people, among them Maxine Waters, the California assemblywoman; California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, his official campaign chairman and a strong but quiet influence; and former Carter Budget Director Bert Lance. But a few current inner-circle members may soon be advising Jackson from more distant orbits. In the wake of the Michigan primary, some prominent blacks in the campaign, Brown among them, are agitating for a more significant role. They want higher-profile positions so that when the inevitable brokering takes place, they will have assigned seats at the table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesse's Concentric Circles | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...United States, in the wake of Noriega's ouster of Delvalle in late February, slapped several sanctions against Panama. These included freezing that country's assets in the United States and withholding millions of dollars in payments the United States makes to the Panama Canal Commission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Sets Sanctions Against Panama | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...wake up on Opening Day just as we wake up on any other day. And if history has conditioned us to be rabid Jim Rice hecklers, nothing inherent in the concept of Opening Day is going to stop...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Baseball: A Real Sport for Real People | 4/6/1988 | See Source »

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