Word: 70s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although much of Cliff's set was taken from his current album, Hanging Fire,he pleased the crowd with most of his hits from the '60s and '70s, including "Sitting in Limbo," "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" and "Rivers of Babylon." After a 90-minute set, Cliff closed the show with an encore of his two biggest hits, "Many Rivers to Cross" and "The Harder They Come...
...more startling sociological changes he predicted until at least 2025. "I am a constitutionally optimistic chap, and I thought at the time I wrote the book that change at those levels would take only a generation -- perhaps it was because of the heady influence of the '60s and '70s...
...There haven't been neighborhood studies done like this since the '70s," said Aaron Gornstein, CCDD neighborhood planner for East Cambridge. He added that the main purpose of the study was to document the changes that have taken place in the neighborhood and to determine what residents see as the area's major problems...
...would be a trifle meager. After a 104-wins season, the A's squashed Boston in four straight and spun even Wade Boggs when they felt like it. It would please them to be likened to those pitching-heavy A's teams that strung triple titles in the '70s, though they are commonly thought of, and occasionally even think of themselves, in terms of a single Bunyanesque figure in rightfield. After Oakland scored ten runs against the Red Sox in Game 3, first baseman Mark McGwire added for shuddering emphasis, "And Jose...
...reason for the surge in older students is demographic. The baby bust of the late '60s and '70s has meant a shrinking pool of college-age youngsters. To fill half-empty lecture halls -- and depleted coffers -- schools have actively begun to court members of the over-25 set. At the same time, the shift toward service industries and advanced technology has made higher education attractive to workers who want or need to upgrade their careers. "The changing world of work brings lots of people back," says Harvey Stedman, dean of New York University's School of Continuing Education...