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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...committee report would later recommend significantly increased student input into the University's decision-making structure, Thomson says members of the committee at first violently objected to student representation on the committee. "The issue of student representation was the first and overriding issue which consumed us, and this blew the committee sky-high," Thomson says. "Even the idea of non-voting student advisory members caused several members to say that if students were attached to the committee in any form they would resign. After one of these sessions I went to Merle Fainsod and said if students are not attached...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: The Faculty's Quiet Revolution | 4/24/1979 | See Source »

...arrived in Woodlands, a section of Lusaka where Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda, several foreign diplomats and Nkomo maintain their homes. The Rhodesians killed Nkomo's drowsy bodyguards with a burst of machine-gun fire, scaled the 8-ft. fence surrounding his one-story stucco house and blew it up with explosives. Although Zambia had beefed up its defensive capabilities with a new supply of British weapons after a humiliating raid on ZAPU camps last October, the Rhodesians claimed that their men returned home without suffering a single death or injury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN AFRICA: Sneak Attack | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

SALISBURY, Rhodesia--Nationalist guerillas blew up oil storage tanks and attacked at least five polling places yesterday as Rhodesians prepared to vote today for the nation's first black-majority government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rhodesian Nationalists Blow Up Oil Tanks | 4/17/1979 | See Source »

Relishing the opportunity to display their offensive skills, the laxwomen penetrated the Bowdoin defense time after time. Freshman Lisa Kent notched four goals in the first half, with three in a row just before the whistle blew. Kent continued to bombard the Bowdoin goalie when she opened the second half with two more quick scores...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Mleczko Hits 6 Assits As Laxwomen Explode, 15-1, Past Bowdoin Squad | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

...strong wind gusts were not enough, the J.V. boat blew away the Williams crew, triumphing in 6:07.5--a devastating 36 seconds in front...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Heavyweight Oarswomen Open Season Impressively With Win Over Williams | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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