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...reality, the vast majority of delegates does no more than listen to a string of speeches on foreign policy, economic objectives and the role of the party. When asked to vote on proposals, delegates raise red credential books in approval. The propositions have been hammered out long before in the party's Central Committee, where true power resides...
Hayes, who registers 30 points in the two-game tourney, and freshman Sarah Duncan, who embarks on a string of 30 consecutive free throws over the weekend, are both named to the All-Tournament team...
...alive by crushing Penn, 80-65, completing a two-game season sweep of the Quakers. The hoopsters bear no resemblence to the squad that lost to Princeton the previous night, shooting 50 percent from the field and tallying 22 assists. The only dark spot is that Duncan's consecutive string from the free throw line ends...
...program. More than four years ago Kemp, then 32, complained that nine football players, all with substandard grades, were allowed to pass, allegedly so that they could play in the 1982 Sugar Bowl. After speaking out against this and other examples of classroom cosseting of star jocks with fourth-string grades, she was demoted and then fired by the university in 1983. In deep despair, she twice attempted suicide...
While it remains the world's leading maker of photographic equipment, Kodak (est. 1985 sales: $10.6 billion) has been suffering a string of negative developments. In January the company lost a patent-infringement suit brought by Polaroid, and dropped out of the instant-camera market. Last week Kodak announced that weak 1985 earnings will compel it to eliminate 10% of its 129,000 jobs. The company also plans to cut out raises for 130 top executives in 1986 and to reduce overall spending...