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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these people simply lacked the information or financial means to evade the draft. Any government action to heal the scars caused by Vietnam surely must include these men. It should also cover those who participated in non-violent acts such as the destruction of selective service files in an attempt to stop American involvement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Unconditional, Universal Amnesty | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...risky to predict the outcome of the game. Essentially, this game will be won or lost in the stands. The loudness of the "Screw B.U." cheer will be a pivotal factor in the battle of the fans. Harvard partisans will have drown out B.U. fans when they attempt to shout...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: SPORTS | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

Quinn said the local will continue its attempt to organize. It can ask for a new NLRB election in a year...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Beth Israel Workers Vote Down Union, But Results Encourage Local Organizer | 2/8/1977 | See Source »

...first half was a back-and-forth affair--both sides traded baskets and turnovers in what looked like a conscious attempt to keep the score even. But Radcliffe was scoring only on the long shooting of Sue Williams and Caryn Curry rather than their usual blistering fast break...

Author: By Bob Baggott, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'Cliffe Cagers Bop Wellesley | 2/8/1977 | See Source »

...response, the Sociobiology Study Group of Science for the People in Boston undertook a systematic critique of Wilson's book, publishing first a letter in The New York Review of Books and a longer article in BioScience. They described Sociobiology as "the latest attempt to reinvigorate" theories which in the past have "provided an important basis for the enactment of sterilization laws and restrictive immigration laws by the United States between 1910 and 1930 and also for the eugenics policies which led to the establishment of gas chambers in Nazi Germany...

Author: By Miriam D. Rosenthal, | Title: Sociobiology: Laying the Foundation For a Racist Synthesis | 2/8/1977 | See Source »

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