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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...These people [the contras] seem to be on top of the world, but they had a blow when they weren't able to espouse their views at Harvard Law School last week," Laub said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arraignment Postponed | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

...GREW up with strong belief in Black cultural identity and in integration, fostered by a father who worked for the Urban League and later as an affirmative action consultant. In my home state, Minnesota, there weren't many minorities to integrate, so I hoped to see what it was like to live in an integrated city with 66 percent Blacks during my four months in Atlanta...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Not Yet Gone With the Wind | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

...people weren't coming, or if faculty members had to have a particular philosophical moral belief before they came, maybe it would affect students. But I don't see much danger there myself," Friedenthal said...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Outside Scholars Evaluate Law School Controversy | 10/7/1987 | See Source »

...Khamenei that the landing craft was a "merchant ship" and that the mine-laying charge was a "pack of lies." After the Iranian press agency claimed that the Iran Ajr was carrying food supplies to the port of Bushire, U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger scoffed, "These things certainly weren't vegetables and fruits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught In The Act | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...satisfying about the resounding blast of a bottle rocket in a neighbor's mailbox. And nothing compares to the devilish glee of aiming a bottle rocket at a nosy dog and watching it tail him down the street. (Naturally, we made sure he could scamper off unharmed, but we weren't as concerned for the welfare of the ants we rolled exploding tanks over...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Keeping Society Safe | 9/30/1987 | See Source »

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