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* What was the purpose of the article? It is obvious that the story was an attempt to smear the representative. The headline ("Udall Wrote Letter to IRS on Sierra Club's Tax Status") and the first paragraph (Udall asking for the abolition of the Club's tax-free status because...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RE-EVALUATION | 4/29/1976 | See Source »

In 1786 Massachusetts "decriminalized" fornication, substituting a fine for criminal indictment; in time even that was rarely collected. The law against missing church on Sunday was not seriously enforced after the 1780s; by the 1790s there were only half as many prosecutions a year for religious offenses as before the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bicentennial Essay: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

After a semester of weekly meetings and research, the task force on concentrations has moved into final debate on such questions as the fate of elite majors and the shape of the general guidelines the panel will recommend for concentrations. While the task force will not take on the Faculty...

Author: By Nicole Seligman and Charles E. Shepard, S | Title: The Task Forces Teeter Along | 3/2/1976 | See Source »

In Marcy Heidish's fictionalized narrative, the heroine recounts her role as hope to the "bondfolk" of the South, terror to plantation owners (the reward for her capture rose to $40,000) and major figure in the abolition and women's suffrage movements. Harriet Tubman, a short, muscular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

The moves to tighten Mrs. Gandhi's grip on India came at a time when some observers had hoped for at least a symbolic relaxation of restrictions. Mrs. Gandhi's supporters insist that she could win an open election handily right now. She insists just as strongly that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Tightening the Grip | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

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