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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perception is that our generation isn't willing to fight for rights we've grown up with," says Ashley E. Abbott, a Dartmouth College sophomore who attended the Washington protest. "But we're fighting...

Author: By Jennifer L. Greenstein, | Title: Pro-Choice: Rallying Campus Support | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

...hate football, how can that be? You must feel some sympathy for those who "hurl that spheroid down the field, boys, and Fight! Fight! Fight!" The sudden violent collision, the one-handed catch, the perfectly-placed punt--all these are possessing of sublime beauty. These graces of football represent the acme of 6000 years of developing civilization...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: There's No Excuse to Stay in Cambridge | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

Hoffmann spoke on the reasons for the appeasement of Germany by the West that occured prior to the war. While Germany was ready to fight another war, the opposite was true of the West, Hoffmannn said, adding that in 1939, appeasement was not nessesarily a poor tactic'. "If one looks at England and France one sees an enormous battle fatigue," Hoffmann said...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Second World War Commemorated; Experts Discuss the Conflict's Origins | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

Ulam spoke on the reasons for the neutrality pact between Germany and England, arguing that it was possible that if Hitler had not made the pact he would not have started the war. Hitler's generals were not willing to fight another two front-war after losing the previous...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Second World War Commemorated; Experts Discuss the Conflict's Origins | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...more than 50 years, Social Security has been the cornerstone of liberal efforts to fight poverty. And it has been effective. The rate of poverty among the elderly has fallen from about one in three to less than...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Middle Class on the Dole II | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

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