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Mulvehal dropped to 110th in the 13-and-unders and a big reason for her lower ranking was because she couldn't afford to participate in national tournaments. Mulvehal eventually moved up to 77th, but not competing in enough national tournaments hurt her ranking...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., who graduated from the Law School in 1932, will return to his alma mater today to serve as the chief judge in the Law School's 77th Annual Final Argument, popularly known as the "moot court...
...decreed on Aug. 3, tens of thousands -- perhaps more than had gathered for any occasion since independence in 1948 -- flocked into the streets of the capital in response to a general strike called by students. Similar demonstrations occurred in at least 16 other cities. Soldiers from the army's 77th Brigade, which had been deployed in Rangoon several days earlier, stood quietly away from the marchers...
...that changed within a few hours. Last Monday evening the 77th Brigade was replaced by the 22nd Light Infantry, a battle-hardened division that was pulled from eastern Burma. Half an hour after, the new unit took up positions, its soldiers opened fire; an estimated four were killed by the first volleys. Through the following day, the shooting against unarmed ralliers continued. According to reports received by officials in Washington, the soldiers appeared to have orders to fire: "There were well-organized bodies of troops roaming the city, shooting at groups of demonstrators...
...this week's issue, Church wrote the lead story in our discussion of the Tower commission's findings. It is his 77th cover story in 18 years at TIME. "The Iran-contra affair is more sustained than any previous news event I've been involved in," says Church. "This will be the fifth cover related to the controversy that I've done in four months." In terms of writing, it presents a growing problem. "There is by now a very long and complicated public record that you must cite to put the new developments in context," says Church. "The question...