Word: 1970s
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Henry Rosovsky, the flamboyant and outspokenformer dean of the Faculty, guided FAS through thechanges of the 1970s and masterminded the creationof the Core Curriculum--an innovation which drewnational attention to Harvard's undergraduateprogram...
Instead, Satan bends her knees ever so slightly to the music. One millisecond later, she shouts out instructions for maneuvers developed for 1970s martial arts movies...
...they presided over healthy local economies, some black mayors became preoccupied by the needs of the middle class, black and white, at the expense of poorer constituents. During Maynard Jackson's two terms as mayor, from 1974 to 1982, Atlanta became a symbol of New South prosperity. In the 1970s, however, the number of black households in the city classified as poor actually increased by almost a fourth, to 31%. But Jackson jolted the local white establishment by aggressively demanding that black businesses get a share of city contracts. As a result, his tenure is so fondly remembered that when...
...years, placekickers are no longer allowed to use a tee on field goals and extra points in collegiate games, but must kick off the ground as NFL kickers currently do. The NCAA attributed the rule change to the constantly rising percentage of successful place-kicking since the 1970s, when soccerstyle kickers became predominant...
...only did Alfonsin lead the nation out of the depths of the "dirty war" of the late 1970s and early 1980s and successfully prosecuted leading members of the brutal military junta responsible for the "disappearance" of more than 9000 alleged "subversives" during this period, but he also tried to democratize the unions. Predictably, his legislation calling for rank-and-file elections of union leaders was defeated by Peronist opposition in the Senate...