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...something's up in the Bear's backyard. Alabama President Joab L. Thomas '55, who holds three Harvard degrees, established new standards for his school's football program in announcing the appointment of Bill Curry as head coach. Thomas hired Curry for three reasons: first, personal integrity; second, a commitment to improving the academic performance of his players; and third--and last--desire...
...ennoblement, Macmillan fumbled and had to be guided. Then, straight and firm, he held the paper containing the oath close to his failing eyes and read his pledge in a clear, ringing voice: "I Harold, Earl of Stockton, do swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty...
...have no objection. In fact, about 500 of the less militant PATCO members have been quietly rehired. Many airline pilots would like to see more of the former controllers brought back "with a wink and a nod" to strengthen the system. The pilots argue that the fired PATCO members bear few grudges against the recently hired people. "All this animosity is the rhetoric of 1981 and 1982," argues Jim Holtsclaw, manager of the FAA facility in Los Angeles...
...remove them from the cell," says Kevin Lafferty, an Australian-born immunologist who is director of research at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Denver. In 1980, however, Lafferty discovered that culturing islet cells in an oxygen-rich environment for a couple of weeks kills those that bear trigger antigens. Says Calvin Stiller, an immunologist at the University of Western Ontario: "This cultured fetal tissue can be transplanted with impunity...
...racially troubled South Africa, a new and potent form of protest has emerged: the lowly T shirt. Worn mostly by black youths, the multicolored shirts bear antiapartheid slogans and organizational plugs. Security forces have often ordered demonstrators to remove the T shirts. Last January, Cape Town police banned all T shirts, regardless of their messages, in an effort to thwart protesters at the opening of Parliament. The order was met with public ridicule and was quickly rescinded by an embarrassed government...