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  • Richard Rosenblatt
Jul. 29, 1996
(AP) -- It's Saturday, Nov. 28, 1998. Three teams -- let's say Nebraska, Penn State and Tennessee -- are undefeated and ranked 1-2-3. The Cornhuskers are playing in the Big 12 title game, the Volunteers
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  • Bei Hu
Jul. 29, 1996
In hopes of talking further with the University about its steam plant plans, the Minneapolis City Council decided Friday to postpone voting on a proposed zoning code amendment until September. If
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Jul. 29, 1996
Sri Lankan Leaders Offer Rebels Conditions For Peace Talks COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- After a devastating military loss and a passenger train bombing, Sri Lanka's government offered Sunday to hold peace
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  • Joel Sawyer
Jul. 29, 1996
A resolution that would give University administrators the power to finalize the proposed merger between University Hospital and Fairview Health System will be presented today for Board of Regents
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  • Jessica Steeno
Jul. 29, 1996
Police work has often been called the ultimate men's club, and though women are now allowed full membership, they lag behind in gaining leadership positions. University Police Chief Joy Rikala is
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Jul. 29, 1996
The ongoing tribal warfare between rebel Hutu fighters and their Tutsi rivals in Burundi exploded last week, leading to the collapse of the democratically-elected coalition government. On Thursday, Burundi's
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  • By Ramona
Jul. 29, 1996
This is an institution of higher learning? Even now, in my 22nd year at the University, it never ceases to amaze me how many ignorant people are employed here. The latest discourse on the changeover
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Jul. 29, 1996
ATLANTA (AP) -- Federal investigators reported "very good leads" Sunday in the hunt for the Olympic bomber, and the Georgia National Guard mobilized fresh troops to add muscle to the force protecting
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  • Matthew Cross
Jul. 29, 1996
Gophers basketball coach Clem Haskins was in earshot of the pipe bomb explosion in Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Haskins, who is an assistant coach and chief administrator of the U.S. men's
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  • Jennifer Franklin
Jul. 29, 1996
Many studies done on girls just entering puberty find that girls' participation in science courses drops off severely as they enter their teens. Susan Marino, head of the Program for Women in the
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Jul. 29, 1996
The debate about cuts to welfare programs at all levels of government has thus far focused on the minor technical differences separating Republican and Democratic proposals. Zero critical attention has
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  • Chris Vetter
Jul. 29, 1996
Austin, Minn., is a large union town, with a big Hormel plant and a powerful Hormel union. The town has consistently voted for Democrats for years, but is completely surrounded by Republican districts
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  • Joshua Zuckerman
Jul. 29, 1996
Lu Vail, now a senior honors student in family social science, remembers, as a young girl, mysterious jars filled with "barky and pickled stuff" sitting on top of a shelf in her grandmother's pantry. Vail's
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  • Bei Hu
Jul. 29, 1996
University officials hope a proposed meeting between Board of Regents Chairman Thomas Reagan and Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton will reconcile differences about the future of an outdated steam
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Jul. 26, 1996
Flight Recorder Offers Clues; Clinton Tightens Air Security NEW YORK (AP) -- In their first close examination of TWA Flight 800's cockpit voice recorder, investigators heard a "fraction-of-a-second
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