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...African colonies that came to independence in the 1960s, few fared worse than the former Belgian Congo, now known as Zaire. The country endured army mutinies, civil wars, invasions and, through it all, 26 years of iron rule by President Mobutu Sese Seko. In due course, thanks in part to Zaire's copper wealth, Mobutu amassed billions of dollars, but he always took care to keep the army on his side -- until last week...
...Dark Star," which is generally thought of as The Grateful Dead's signature song, originated in the 1960s, when it was often played during Ken Kesey's acid tests...
...feeling more and more people are getting every day. Enough people, in fact, that the legendary band was invited to the city precisely because of their ability to generate revenue. Last year, The Grateful Dead, those fiftysomething, 1960s-psychedelic throwbacks, were the top grossing concert attraction in the world. Bigger than Guns 'n' Roses. Bigger than Madonna...
Thirty years ago, most every department was dominated by senior faculty who received their Ph.D.s from Harvard. And a significant portion of those scholars attended the College as well. Maier remembers that as a graduate student at the University in the late 1960s, the ranks of the senior faculty were filled from a network of former Harvard students. "People would place their Ph.D. candidates by calling up colleagues at other universities and asking if they had a position," says Maier...
...sciences and mathematics departments were the first to make some changes in the 1960s. The Mathematics Department looked to foreign universities, including Soviet institutions, to bolster its ranks. The Government and Economics Departments branched out more in the 1970s, and the last departments to appoint more broadly have been History and the humanities...