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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...yards and say town or gown, except in the Wursthaus, where they seemed to come together," Shapiro says. By the time of their graduation, the threat of fighting in a war had disappeared and they left from Cambridge confident that their past was merely a prologue of better times ahead...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: 25 Years of Over-Achieving | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...aware of his membership in their ranks. In their Class Report statements some urge him to bring even greater renown to the class, while other write things like "President Carter has been a disaster for this country and I don't think our classmate's performance would be much better...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: 25 Years of Over-Achieving | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

However, Eastman said in an open letter to seniors released yesterday that the Biko Fund will not greatly aid black South Africans, and that students can better express their objections to Harvard's South Africa investment policies by giving no money whatsoever to the University...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Biko Fund Creator Urges Total Class Gift Boycott | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...seems that doctors are using the court rulings as guidelines in making their decisions. But not everybody is satisfied. The suspicions of lawyers and doctors are still apparent. "The better solution is to have a system of review which involves some people other than those involved in the case," Stone says...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: A Matter of Life and Death: Who Should 'Pull The Plug'? | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...OTHER, better, newspapers don't really provide happy mediums between hustle and heart attacks, either, though. At the Washington Post, news reporters--especially on cityside--constantly battle in a cutthroat competition to get their stories on the front page, and consequently tend to go for the quickie scandal rather than the drawn-out drudgery of research into government processes and problems. At The New York Times, the game is total, Machiavellian office politics. Executive editor Abe Rosenthal sits like Jehovah on his throne, flashing thunderbolts from his fingertips at any lower-echelon staffer who incurs his disfavor. Former Crimson president...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Guns And Butter | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

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