Word: 70s
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although most of the protesters say they have been out of touch with the University since their graduation, all agreed that student activism at Harvard has declined dramatically since the early 70s. "People just aren't thinking in the same critical way. The level of questioning has seriously declined," Basset says, adding with a nervous laugh, "I'm glad I'm not there...
...minority group members, who show a potential for radical student activism. Their reasons for disagreeing vary, however. Dwight Miller, an admissions officer since 1967, said this week that individual admissions officers may have altered their attitudes toward what types of students to admit during the late '60s and early '70s, but that such changes were "internally" motivated--personal reactions to events the admissions officers witnessed in their admissions and other activities at the University. The University administration never issued any directives to the admissions offices requesting a screening of applicants for possible activism, Miller said...
Final Match. Super-Seniors were saddened this season when two nationally ranked players in the 70s category. A.L. ("Red") Enloe and Steve Gary, died on the court of heart attacks while competing in the Florida winter circuit. Their deaths led the U.S. Tennis Association to issue a ruling last month limiting Super-Senior players 65 and over to one singles and one doubles match a day during a national tournament. To a man, Super-Senior players say the heart attacks and strokes that occur occasionally on the courts would probably have happened anyway-at a desk or even...
Indeed, medical studies show that most aged but active tennis players are in exceptionally good health. A team of orthopedic surgeons examining competitors at the National Clay Court Championships for 70s and 75s last fall found that their circulation, coordination and memory were superior to those of their more sedentary contemporaries...
...aversion to losing as today's well-paid professionals, they make their own line calls, rarely dispute a referee's ruling and never indulge in Nastase-like tantrums. That gentlemanly attitude makes life easier for Alphonso Smith, who will supervise the U.S. Clay Court Championships for 70s, 75s and 80s this September in Charlottesville, Va. "But the real reason I like the Super-Seniors," he says with tongue tucked firmly in cheek, "is that you don't have to worry about getting harassed by the parents...