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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sunday, as the crew was doing just that, Parker was also cautious. Usually, if you ask him a question, he'll tilt his head up, roll back his eyes and answer with a calm, "Oh really?" or "Not really" or just plain "really" which every Harvard oarsman can mimick in tonal perfection. When he wants to think about something, Parker will look out the nearest window and there will be a long, uneasy silence...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Heavyweight Crew: Higher and Higher | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

...telling whether anyone else would be." The book began to sell almost immediately, however, and as its fame spread, so did reader response--an important source for many of the later editions' updated records. The McWhirters say they get about 10,000 letters a year, and answer all but a few--mostly American--whose authors neglect to include their addresses. "Sometimes they write a second time to demand an answer and the second letter lacks an address." Norris says firmly. "It isn't taught in the schools--that's what the trouble...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: The Men Behind the Guinness Book | 3/19/1975 | See Source »

Ross concedes that massacres are a difficult case. "People say what's the biggest massacre," he shrugs. "Well, it's an easy question to ask, but a damned difficult one to answer...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: The Men Behind the Guinness Book | 3/19/1975 | See Source »

Kafatou said Peg McCarter, member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and another organizer of the concert, will answer questions about Quilapayun's current plans and U.S. -Chile relations at the press conference...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: U.S. Visa Holdup Forces Chileans to Cancel Show | 3/19/1975 | See Source »

What effect would the Savoy Hotel raid have on Kissinger's latest mission? In part, the answer depended on Israel's reaction to the raid. The terrorist attack was the ninth major foray into Israel by the Palestinians since Qiryat Shemona last April. All together, 62 Israelis have been killed, 170 others have been wounded; almost all were civilians. After previous attacks, the Israeli government reacted with eye-for-eye ferocity, usually with devastating air raids and armored attacks on Palestinian refugee camps or fedayeen outposts in southern Lebanon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Terrorism Complicates a Mission of Peace | 3/17/1975 | See Source »

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