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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feel very idealistic and optimistic about our country," the former two-term congressman and head of the first U.S. liaison office in China said. "We are the only credible defense to the Soviet Union. We should act like the United States of America," he added during a brief speech in which he stressed U.S. responsibility to defend international freedom...

Author: By Mark D. Director, WITH WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: Bush Joins 1980 Race, Stops to Talk in Boston | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

...sphere of public opinion Harvard is a whale," Bohstedt said, add- ing that by following its current investment policy Harvard is "like a whale trying to act like an ostrich, which looks foolish and evasive...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi and James L. Tyson, S | Title: Faculty Discusses Handling Of S. Africa Investment Policy | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

Louis J. DiBerardinis, industrial hygienist at UHS's office of Environmental Health and Safety, said although the chemical is not dangerous to humans when used in open areas, "people should be notified it is being used." He said the pesticide can act as a depressant on the central nervous system, causing fatigue, nausea and headaches...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Official Seeks Warning of Pesticide Use | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

...spectacular. John Arimand, on electric and slide guitar played a solid lead throughout the show. As the pinball wizard he overlaid his own lead with a rendition of "Wizard" that was, fortunately the Daltry, not the Elton John interpretation. Chad Balch, on drums, had perhaps the hardest act to follow. After all, Keith Moon will stay dead an awfully long time. He, and the rest of the band, Al Halliday on keyboards and Ross Albert, all turned in performances that make this show worth seeing. If all else fails, (which it didn't), you can always close your eyes...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: One More For Keith | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

...sacred mountain to local natives and the site of a Gulf Oil-owned underground uranium mine--the deepest of its kind in the world. Beyond the implications of bringing 100 million pounds of uranium from deep within the earth to the surface, the people view this mine as an act of sacrilege and desecration...

Author: By Winona LA Duke westigaard, | Title: Uranium Mines on Native Land | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

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