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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arguments go back and forth, but the intense controversy over such a seemingly technical question reflects its deeper significance. The issue of joint appointments is linked to what critics say is Afro-Am's unequal status within the University...

Author: By Maxine S. Pfeffer, | Title: Back for More | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

Sunday at 2 a.m., clocks will be set back one hour as the East Coast switches to Standard Daylight Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clocks Set Back Tonight | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...best stop we could come up with," Swanson said. Before construction began, the bus stopped at Johnston Gate. "We were led to believe we could have the Johnston Gate location back at the beginning of next year. I would not count on that," Moramarco said...

Author: By Joanne Amsterdamska, | Title: Student Complaints Prompt Revisions in Shuttle Schedule | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

...TOLD YOU SO, say the Brown fans. Back in '76 we told you not to trust Jimmy because he wavers on the issues, because he's an engineer and a technocrat under his populist rhetoric, because he can't lead a bee to honey, let alone a horse to water. Brown is different, because he's got the vibes, he's attuned to the cosmos, he knows where the flow is going--and is paddling upstream as fast as possible to get out in front and make it look as if he's leading the currents...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: What's Left in 1980 | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

...stamp out the demonstrators who were impeding his efforts in Vietnam, and the journalists who were leaking state secrets, and the blacks who were rioting and attacking private property--so he sent his most rabid loyalists to prepare a bill to revise the criminal code and beat back Communists who were obviously responsible for all these disturbances--and S1 was born. Why is Kennedy, who bills himself the last hope of the liberals, backing it? If you want to be President you have to appeal to the center and the right--and being tough on crime is one time-tested...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: What's Left in 1980 | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

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