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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...news of the death of Pope Paul VI sent the Catholic world into nine days of traditional mourning, members of the Harvard community yesterday praised the late Pontiff as a moderate reformer who tried to awaken the Roman Catholic Church to social issues without permanently dividing it along political lines...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Harvard Experts Hail Deceased Pontiff As a Sensitive but Cautions Reformer | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...lose some $7 billion a year. Either they would have to curtail services severely or the state, whose budget already totals $12.5 billion, would have to rescue them-presumably by increasing other taxes. As a result, officials are bracing for what they call "Black Wednesday," fearful that they may awaken on June 7 to find that the long-brewing taxpayers' revolt has become a reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Revolt Over Taxes | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

Henry Maier, mayor of Milwaukee: "When are we going to awaken to the plight of our cities? When we begin airlifting its victims to the suburbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 5, 1978 | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...Loose Change or King-or just about any other TV movie. Not only is Holocaust faithful to the facts of a horrific historical episode, this show also has the power to keep fickle TV viewers riveted to the tube. It is an uncommonly valuable achievement: Holocaust is likely to awaken more consciences to the horrors of the Third Reich than any single work since Anne Frank's diary nearly three decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Reliving the Nazi Nightmare | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...other work, "Rainforest," is equally disturbing: a stage filled with sinister silver helium balloons is the setting for a dance of desperate energy and haunting tenderness. In both these works, Cunningham's artistry provides the dance, allowing meaning and response to awaken spontaneously in each member of the audience...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: The Eloquence of Gesture | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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