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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...official added that within five years "I would be willing to bet that Harvard is involved in a major fundraising project...

Author: By Thomas W. Janes, | Title: Harvard Studies Major Fund Drive Like Most Ivy Schools | 11/6/1976 | See Source »

...spite of everything, each of the opposition parties views itself as the wave of the future. All of them claim to bet getting involved seriously in electoral politics for the first or second time this year, and say that just the fact that their candidates' names appear on ballots proves their potential strength. This time, we don't expect a lot of voter recognition, they say, but wait until next time round. For most of them, it's likely to be a long, long wait...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Gene McCarthy and Lester Maddox Battle the Heavies | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

...manners and diction from Exeter, Yale and Harvard Business School. He does wondrous things on ski slopes, plays hand tennis and jogs two miles almost daily. On learning that a new campaign adviser had once been a competitive swimmer, Competitor Heinz's first reaction was a challenge: "I bet I could beat you if we went just one lap." Heinz is also a picky employer who has problems with his staff. After the spring primary he replaced his pollster, TV adviser and campaign manager. Last month he fired his new campaign manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PENNSYLVANIA: Heinz v. Green | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

Although Hammer is far past traditional retirement age, William McSweeny, president of Occidental International, who accompanied the Hammers on their trip said, when asked whether Hammer still runs the show at Occidental, "You bet your life, he does...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: 'Juno' Has Arrived | 10/2/1976 | See Source »

Well, guys, it's really been an exciting week. What with Jim Kubacki cornering the market on total offense, Jim Curry doing his academic down and out pattern, Bob McDermott boogalooing in the endzone time and time again, and Tommy Joyce upending everything in sight, I bet all of you think I'm having a tough time deciding whether the Crimson offense or defense has impressed me the most...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Speciality of the House | 10/2/1976 | See Source »

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