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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revolutionary government must I act like a thunderbolt," wrote Maximilien Robespierre, the acknowledged chief of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution. Throughout history, revolution has al most always been followed by a period of vengeance and terror in the name of justice. The American Revolution was a notable exception. But by comparison with the mass bloodshed that followed the French and Russian revolutions, not to mention Mao Tse-tung's conquest of China, the summary actions of Iran's new Islamic Revolutionary Court might even be considered restrained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Reign of Terror | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...meter relay squad, which has been a patched-up group all season because of Polillio's injury, had to adapt once more as Salvo sustained a groin pull in practice Friday. Ryan Lampaa. Al Harrington, Marc Chapus and John Jakenfelds managed to maintain an undefeated slate for the Crimson...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Dartmouth Nips Thinclads With Field Event Power | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

Roger Twibell, sports director at WBZTV then introduced last night's guest speaker, Al McGuire. With his colorful and unorganized shoot-from-the-hip style, McGuire offered the crowd a varied but blunt lesson in day-to-day big-time athletic philosophy...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg and Laura E. Schanberg, S | Title: Allen Named Hoop Captain; McGuire Talks at Banquet | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

...night, the problems emerging from the debate between the two schools of thought were easily apparent. The evening was a study in contrasts, from the pedestrian Chicken Cordon Bleu served at Ritz-Carlton prices, to the disparate guest speakers, the Hon. Hamilton Fish Sr. '10 and former Marquette coach Al McGuire...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Old Harvard and New Wave | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

...different as Hamilton Fish and Al McGuire are, they have a basic common element: they are totally committed to being only themselves. They assume no facades to appease other's feelings...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Old Harvard and New Wave | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

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