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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Aside from individual practitioners of the dunking art, there are teams who make the stuff a group effort. The University of Louisville's official nickname is the Cardinals, but they prefer the designation "Doctors of Dunk." The pyrotechnics are crowd-rousing, as increased decibel levels in fieldhouses everywhere attest, and at Louisville, fans express their appreciation in more tangible ways: attendance is up an average of 2,000 for each home game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Year of the Superstuffers | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...other human activity. It makes possible the growth, accumulation, and transmission of human civilization. Every aspect of knowledge--religious, historical, legal, political, economic, social, philosophical--is expressed in language and systematically communicated by means of it in varying magnitudes. The very foundations of this University attest to this fact: Latin used to be a prerequisite for admission to Harvard, and practically 50 per cent of the earliest curriculum of the school consisted of the study of Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac. Today every genuine scholar in this University uses language in one way or another as a tool...

Author: By Ephraim Issacs, | Title: The Case For Academic Fairness | 2/22/1977 | See Source »

...myself and for our nation, I want to thank my predecessor for all he has done to heal our land. In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: FRESH FAITH IH AN OLD DREAM | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

PAHK THE CAAH IN HAHVAHD YAHD--This little ditty mimicking the nuances of the Boston accent is based upon a mistaken notion that few non-Harvard people realize. Any vehicle parked in the Yard for an extended period of time--as a great many Harvard students can attest--will be towed away...

Author: By Judith Kogan, | Title: Lies My Father Told Me | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...reviews from students, a majority of them Harvard varsity athletes. Nicknamed "Sneakers" by the same people who brought us "Boats" and "Gas Stations," Psych. and Soc. Rel. 1860 is not your run-of-the-mill gut, as its five class projects (ranging from five to 20 pages apiece) readily attest...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Dr. J. 's Psychology Show | 6/2/1976 | See Source »

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