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Wills directs his argument at secular intellectuals who have focused on the decline of Establishment theologies and overlooked the rise of Fundamentalist Christian sects. Knowing the nonbeliever's weakness for social-science data, he begins by preaching the gospel according to George Gallup. Nine Americans in 10 say they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Basic Rites | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

"Defense is our weakness," Coach Buddy Powerssaid. "We have to check better and be moreconscious on defense. We have plenty ofexperience. We're just not executing. We've got alot of guys who can score: Gary Wohlford, KevinMazzella and Mickey LeBlanc are all capable ofscoring 15 to 20 goals."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: . . . And the Bottom of the Heap | 11/9/1990 | See Source »

A similar disaffection with Bhutto muted criticism of her ouster. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, Bhutto nevertheless seemed to govern Pakistan as she would have a feudal kingdom. Her government appeared to operate largely by petition; she bartered Cabinet seats for increased support in Parliament, and she was unwilling to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All in The Family | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

In order to see whether the Asian American ethnic reader's rating or comments were any different than other readers, we looked separately at Summary Sheets from all Asian American and white applicants in our sample which she had read. OCR found that there was no discernable distinction in either...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excerpts From Education Department Report on Harvard | 11/1/1990 | See Source »

"[Blocking punts] has been a part of our philosophy going in and every week, we pore over the films to look for a weakness," Harvard Coach Joe Restic said. "We were fortunate enough that we had people through that had a little speed and a good jump on the ball...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Warning: If You Punt Against Harvard, Cover the Middle | 10/23/1990 | See Source »

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