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Kaplan implies that Shirley must maintain this tough armor in order to compete as a drag racer. Indeed, Shirley is seldom discouraged by patronizing or chauvinistic comments and behavior. When a fellow racer blows her a kiss before they start a race she confidently gives him the finger. Shirley must concede slightly, however, to help herself get ahead. When she moves to California she puts on shorts and calls herself Cha-Cha Muldowney. Soon, however, she resumes her real name, adamantly claiming her womanhood. When she goes on a cooking show on Canadian T.V. as a special guest...
...team's gritty attitude was perhaps best enshrined in sophomore netminder Grant Blair. While Blair had been diligently laboring away in the Crimson nets, turning away almost everything that he humanly could, his teammates just up the ice were struggling. All Year, the icemen had seldom found the switch to turn on the red lamp. This weekend was no different...
Mozambique President Samora Machel has long been one of the most implacable foes of South Africa's apartheid system. Returning the sentiment, South African Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha has seldom bothered to hide his hostility toward his country's Marxist, black-ruled neighbor. But when both men finally met in Mozambique's capital of Maputo last week, it was to shake hands and talk peace. After eight hours of discussions, negotiating teams for the two sides emerged to announce that they had agreed to sign a joint security pact...
...second half of the 19th century, judges in the U.S. sentenced most criminals to flat prison terms, and convicts were expected to serve them in full. But they seldom did; the penitentiaries, then as now, were always full, and Governors would sometimes pardon prisoners wholesale or delegate that authority to prison wardens, who often used their power randomly. Parole boards evolved in part to end this chaotic system, and to further the goals of progressive visionaries, who thought prisoners were victims of a "social sickness" and should be treated rather than punished. Individualized justice and rehabilitation were the watchwords...
...building is devoted to the scientific research collections that form the core and purpose of the museum. The side entrance is marked "Closed to the Public." Within those doors, students and professors have their offices amidst rows of cabinets which house large collections of animals that are seldom seen by visitors...