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(10 of 11) orphanages, early child labor laws and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to that Oldtime Religion | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

Consequently, this is an unfortunate reversal. Not only will this measure speed up the extinction of whales, it will not help the Eskimos. The quota is too low to meet the needs of the Eskimos, who have relied heavily on the whale for food. The Eskimos are finding it increasingly...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Killing Whales For No Apparent Porpoise | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Though the manifesto did not say so outright, it was clear that its authors considered the Polish Communist Party to be the usurper and the Soviet Union the robber. Demanding the restoration of "sovereignty and democracy," the manifesto called for "freedom of belief, thought, speech, information, assembly and work." It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Polish Dissent Heats Up | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

Both the Nutrition Committee and the Special Committee on Aging, however, remained slated for abolition when S. Res. 4 reached the Senate floor. A comparison of the fates of the two committees is useful in understanding how poor people rate in the Senate. The rationale for getting rid of both...

Author: By Matthew D. Slater, | Title: Protecting the Poor: The Fight for the Senate Nutrition Committee | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

In a letter to the editor of the Law School's weekly newspaper, four women and two men demanded the abolition or renegotiation of the terms of the Saltonstall Prize. This year's law catalogue states Harvard awards the prize to the male seniors "who shall be considered to be...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: Students Seek To Eradicate Prize Limits | 9/29/1977 | See Source »

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