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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They blow, ever so slightly, in his favor as Parliament reconvenes

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Sunny Jim and the Political Winds | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Widespread support of the boycott would provide clear evidence of concern for the health of infants in the Third World--and it would be such a blow to Nestles that it may well persuade them to adopt the changes we seek. I am convinced that such support for the boycott will help to save the lives of innocent victims of bottle feeding in many countries...

Author: By Dr. MICHAEL C. latham, | Title: Bottles, Babies and Breast-Feeding: Debating the Nestle Boycott | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...everyone is taxed at full market?--100 per cent--of the value of their property. If Question One is defeated, that court decision will be implemented and $265 million in taxes will be shifted from commercial to residential property. In other words, a windfall for business and a serious blow to the already-strapped homeowner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Question One | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...example, the real inaugural ball for the new building was held a week before the dedication. This blow-out featured almost 400 students, faculty and staff members rocking out to great music and enjoying student DJs, light shows, a hand-held camera to transport dancing bodies to the Forum's giant TV screen, movies and cartoons, free beer and soft drinks, a bubble machine, and so forth. It certainly wasn't "elitist," although we couldn't invite the whole University to join...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elitism vs. Excellence | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...flock of long, curly blonde hair. Her sparring partner was a short, pudgy guy--and they just goofed around for a few minutes until he plugged her good, perhaps by accident. Her smiles, those of an innocent outsider admiring the strangeness of it all, fled completely under the blow of Absolute Reality, the night's first genuine emotion. Crank time...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Rock 'n Roll Sometimes Forgets | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

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