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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about changing the wording of the label to "Donated by the labor force of the U.S."? They are the ones who help the donors amass a fortune so they can pursue their hobbies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 29, 1978 | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

...looked like a runaway victory for Yale as it swept six of the first seven bouts to amass a commanding 22-6 lead. Harvard's only points came on a pin at the 142-lb. class, where the Crimson's Keith Oberg deposited Dave Miller on his back...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Crimson Splits Wrestling Doubleheader | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...Coca-Cola Export Corp. in India now supplies Coke syrup to 22 Indian-owned bottlers employing some 6,000 people, and runs one plant of its own that makes the concentrate. Their growth, snorts Fernandes, is a "classic example" of how a foreign company can amass power by quietly focusing efforts on frills like soft drinks instead of on areas of intense national concern, such as high technology. He claims that Coke reaps 400% profit margins in its dealings with Indian bottlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: India May Swallow Coke | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...have to be subjective to amass a billion dollar portfolio," Cann says. "It's an insoluble contradiction. As long as the University is involved in investment which is subjective by its very nature, trying to maintain intellectual freedom and objectivity within its own walls is impossible...

Author: By Jonathan D. Ratner, | Title: The Gulf Protesters: Changing Harvard? | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

...ostensibly left Gandhi in protest over her failure to completely lift emergency rule, but insiders report that his defection was largely the result of internal maneuverings between Ram and the Prime Minister's son, Sanjay Gandhi. The 30-year-old Sanjay has begun to amass significant power as a behind-the-scenes actor in his mother's camp. After the elections, it is very likely that several dozen members of parliament will owe their seats in some way to the machinations of Sanjay. It is also believed that he forced Ram out of the cabinet to prepare the powerful agriculture...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: The Inscrutable Indira And The Not-So-Loyal Opposition | 2/11/1977 | See Source »

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