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Word: problems (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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Steady Martha Clabby finished fourth for Harvard and 18th overall, while Rogers was the next Crimson jersey to cross the finish line back in the 35th spot. "We need some work closing up the gap," Rogers observed, describing a problem that has consistently plagued the harriers all season...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Princeton Slithers by Women Harriers | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...study which found that "women and minorities at top universities often do not perform as well academically as their high aptitude tests would predict." He goes on to say that the reverse is true for Jewish students. But Prof. Klitgaard doesn't stop there. Because of this "problem" with standardized tests, affirmative action programs tend to create a student body with a wide disparity of academic capabilities. Klitgaard's solution to the "problem": perhaps if Blacks (Third World students?) attended "slightly lesser insitutions where they might compete as intellectual equals," we could eventually reach a point when "Blacks (Third World...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Klitgaard and HDNS | 10/25/1980 | See Source »

...members and ex-members, which she said to include subservience and inability to make decisions. One ex-cult member was so accustomed to taking orders that she could not deny any man who tried to make sexual advances with her, Singer said. "This is the biggest re-adjustment problem, making these people understand that they have control over their own lives," she added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Remains in Unification Church After Forced 'Deprogramming' Attempt | 10/25/1980 | See Source »

Like most inhabitants of MIT's own fraternity row--a line of stately brownstones directly across the river from the campus--members of the House consider themselves "nice, regular guys," doing their best to whip that next thermodynamics problem set and score Saturday night...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Saturday Night The Brothers Don't Do No Tooling | 10/24/1980 | See Source »

...problem is that the Dodgers don't want to trade him. The two teams have agreed on the basics: Steve Howe, Joe Beckwith and something else for Lynn. The Sox want that something else to be Hatcher, but the Dodgers have countered with an offer of speedster Rudy Law, and one of two pitchers, Ted Power and Dave "Smoke" Stewart...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Counting Eggs | 10/23/1980 | See Source »

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