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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...happy coincidence, the Winners saw a college education become a more prohibitive class barrier at exactly the same time that it became a near requisite for economic success...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Winners Take All | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

...alternate in the 1984 Olympics, Widerman's wrestling ability ties into his interest in Zen philosophy. He claims success depends on getting the body in the right rhythm and manipulating different energy levels...

Author: By Johanna B. Berkman, | Title: Life as a Jock Nerd | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

Competing in the prestigious Soviet Elite League, Sokol-Kiev has enjoyed mixed success against powerful rivals such as Central Red Army and Moscow Dynamo. Last year, Sokol-Kiev finished fifth out of 14 teams with a 16-11-9 record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cleary Clan Finally Comes Home to Bright for Christmas | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

...Winners derive enormous moral solace from believing that their self-interest is the same as society's interest. The success in the intellectual climate of the 1980s of George Gilder's Wealth and Poverty and Charles Murray's Losing Ground, two books which argue that helping the poor hurts everyone, bear testimony to the power of this sentiment...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Winners Take All | 12/16/1989 | See Source »

...slayings indicated the success of the rebel strategy. Only the near simultaneous discovery of Soviet-built arms aboard a crashed Cuban helicopter in the area deflected worldwide outrage. U.S. backed officials decried Cuban-intervention in the region, and peace plans were postponed...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Slain Priests Had Ties to Harvard | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

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