Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acceptance speech, Yorkin traced the history of television from the "golden age of live T.V." in the '50s to the "witless programming that now dominates the networks...
...said shows like "All in the Family" are "a vanguard for permanent change," adding that the '70s may someday be considered "the golden age of television comedy...
THIS WINTER, many poor Americans will not be able to afford one of the most basic of human needs: warmth. For old age pensioners struggling to survive on a monthly $300 Social Security check, this winter's heating bills, which will run well over their entire income, could lead to a choice between freezing and starving...
...Years of conditioning with Heinekens or strawberry dacquiris have taught them that a happy glow at dinner might be the best way to start off a weekend. Gov. Edward J. King's election seemed to snarl that pattern, since King railroaded through the legislature the 20-year-old drinking age. However, most Harvard students found last spring that King's legal grip did not extend far into Harvard Houses. The ban on House happy hours decided by the House masters in April lasted for about a week--students and masters viewed each other with benign neglect...
Some students are even looking at the demise of happy hours philosophically. Frederick Scott '80, chairman of the Lowell House Committee, says, "Happy hours, their time has come and gone. Four years ago there were no happy hours because the drinking age was 21. Three years from now people will have never heard of them." And he adds he is trying to think of activities unrelated to alcohol to interest the Lowell House Committee...