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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lewis turned to an old friend, William Rogers, 50, a lawyer and former State Department official who had served as President Kennedy's expert on Latin America. Rogers flew to Panama, where Torrijos told him that Panama would not accept the DeConcini reservation, and some new "statement of political and legal dignity" must be added to the second treaty. Rogers offered himself as an intermediary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How the Treaty Was Saved | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...something, I want to do it well," Fine said, reclining on a couch in his Claverly room yesterday afternoon. "I want to win so much that I can't shrug it off. If there are people out there with me not giving everything they have, I just can't accept that...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Cagers Select Fine, Hooft to Lead 78-'79 Squad | 4/29/1978 | See Source »

Alan C. Walker, associate professor of Anthropology and associate professor of Anatomy at the Medical School, last week rejected a probable offer of tenure from Harvard to accept a tenured position at Johns Hopkins University...

Author: By Karyn E. Esielonis, | Title: Anthropology Professor Will Leave | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

...tangle of murder and deceit. It's not a deep play, and except for a few climactic moments the poetry isn't particularly inspired. But it is a thrilling blood-and-thunder melodrama. The Leverett House production succeeds when director Wendy Smith and the actors swallow their doubts and accept this fact, playing some of the gruesome scenes in a high-serious stage manner that would be hard to believe if it weren't so gripping...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Blood Without Guts | 4/26/1978 | See Source »

...national limerick contest With entries from Presque Isle to Point Quonset A bit you'd be paid Thus the gauntlet is laid For you to accept from the onset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Rich Orgy of Witty Ditties | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

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