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Rarely has a presidential budget run into such swift and strong resistance from members of the Chief Executive's own party. "Virtually everyone is unhappy," admitted Republican Representative Lawrence DeHardis of Connecticut. "Only everyone is unhappy for different reasons. It all adds up to a lack of consensus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Challenging the Red Sea | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

...commend the Med School for reviewing its policy towards letters of reference and add out voice to those already calling for adoption of the committee's code. Its swift acceptance is particularly important given the heinous nature of the incident from which the recommendation report stemmed--the case of the two Med School doctors who endorsed Dr. Arif Hussain, a convicted gang-rapist, for a Buffalo hospital...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Greater Responsibility | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

...bolster our national defense," though they cite no specific reasons. There is no guarantee that having a family member drafted will by itself affect the consciousness of the average American family in a progressive fashion. In fact, if the U.S. could push a draft though Congress and execute a swift and clearly victorious military action (with the blessing of the press), much of the effect of the "Vietnam syndrome" would be reversed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Draft | 2/19/1982 | See Source »

...with men is not conspicuously better. Eventually she weds a local Lothario (Terrance O'Quinn) who treats her to the bitter delights of being the wife of an alcoholic. Only her young son solaces her, and she counsels him that the race of life is not to the swift and the strong but to the survivor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Nostalgia Nut | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...icemen will has to play tighter hockey than they have been to knock off the best Yale team in recent memory Tim Taylor's swift, physical squad is led by machine-gunners Mark Crerar (19 goals, 20 assists for 39 points), Dan Poliziani (19-15-34) and Eli career assist record-holder Bob Brooke (8-23-31). A spark has come from sophomore goalie Paul Tortella, who has filled the gap created by the graduated Mark Rodrigues with impressive stats--a 3.70 GAA, 90 percent ECAC save average and a 9-5 overall record--and clutch play. In Thursday...

Author: By Bruce Schornfeld, | Title: Crimson Icemen to Face Elis | 2/6/1982 | See Source »

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