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...when I attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we assumed that "no frills" was the part of college education that toughened you up for the future. A hard mattress, no pillow, a 40-watt bulb, concrete floors, a muddy campus, hobnail boots and highly committed but probably underpaid teachers all contributed to making tuition $180, half a room $29 and meals at Swain Hall $126 for the year. That was the normal road to Phi Beta Kappa. EDWARD RONDTHALER Croton-on-Hudson, New York...
...Chrysler's Prowler, the only American entry in the class--a convertible designed to hot-wire the Plymouth brand's low-watt image. Tom Gale, the Chrysler design chief who oversaw the $35,000 two-seater, says with a smile, "I remember when I was a kid thinking that convertibles were faster than other cars...
...second race against Melvin Watt, Martino still advocates returning control to "citizens, local government and North Carolina--in that order." He opposes abortion, but believes that the government shouldn't legislate morality. A kidney doctor who rose from poor immigrant roots, Martino would rather focus on education, and says improving schools would solve a host of other ills...
...MELVIN WATT (D) District...
Seemingly, all that stood between Watt and a third term was the Supreme Court--which ruled in June that his district was unconstitutional. But he got a reprieve when a lower court decided that the redistricting, which could deprive Watt of a 4-to-1 Democratic advantage, did not have to be done until next April 1. From the "rags" of a fatherless, tin-roofed home to the "riches" of the House Judiciary and Banking committees, Watt is the realization of the American dream to many in the 57-percent black 12th district--the old 12th, that...