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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will probably avoid adversity, as they did in 1979. Those in the Southeast generally did well because the region's beneficent climate and low wage rates continued to attract business. The Southwest surged because its oil and natural gas were in heavy demand. Farmers in the Midwest grain belt and the far West prospered, largely because a hungry world increased its call for what America produces best: food. Average farm incomes increased 117% from 1970 to $23,263 per family in 1978 and are higher now. The region that fared best of all was the intermountain West because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Now a Middling-Size Downturn | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...mother's milk, in which PCBS have turned up. Birth defects could be linked to caffeine from coffee or any source, it was reported just last month. Even peanut butter, as an occasional bearer of aflatoxin, has been flagged as a menace. Driving? Fasten the seat belt- unless discouraged by warnings that most of them do not work. On the road, even rest-room signs often gratuitously warn against VD. Flying? Remember that some pas sengers get ozone poisoning in those high-altitude supersonic jets. Sleeping? Doing it too little or too much is associated with shortened life spans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Living Happily Against the Odds | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Happy to get a match under his belt, Dinneen looked ahead to his team's next match at Army next Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Play Finesse Game, Sail Past Midshipmen, 6-3 | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

...north, in the far reaches of Cambridge's institutional belt, Lesley College sits in the chilly shadow cast by its neighbor to the immediate south...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lesley and Real Estate: Difficulties All its Own. | 12/4/1979 | See Source »

...three little maids are endearing even within the limits of their parts. Patte Tuell (Yum-Yum) is coy and free of squelch, while Ellen Zachos' soprano is probably the show's best. Jacqueline Meily (Katisha) is a little below the rest of the cast, as she fails to belt out her ascerbic lines with the requisite spite...

Author: By Jamie O. Aisenberg, | Title: For Kids Mostly | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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