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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Following the kickoff, Yale tried a first-down bomb throw by its split end, but Coppinger came up with his second interception of the day and lowered the final Crimson boom on the waning Eli spirit...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: HARVARD BLASTS YALE | 11/17/1979 | See Source »

...surprise bestseller of 1969, On Death and Dying, made her well known. The thanatology boom of the 1970s made her famous. Until recently, Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 53, traveled 250,000 miles a year as a star of the U.S. lecture circuit. Her outline of the five phases of death-from angry denial to final acceptance-is routinely taught at school and hospital seminars. Readers of the Ladies' Home Journal chose Kübler-Ross as one of eleven "women of the decade" for the 1970s. Even the movies are beginning to take account of the phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Conversion of K | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

From 1947-1973, "an economic boom of a dimension and intensity never seen" swept the world. Bell said, adding that the ongoing worldwide recession and the demands of underdeveloped countries will bring about the "entire reorganization of the world economy...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Horner, Bell Appointed to 1980s Panel | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...orderly aftermath to Park's death appeared to present a solid front against any North Korean taste for adventure. In one sense Park's death could not have been more untimely: the country has been troubled by new outbreaks of unrest. South Korea's economic boom has brought not only prosperity, but also a fresh appetite for long-denied political freedoms. Last month the new tensions between Park's authoritarianism and the hunger for reform erupted in an open revolt by Park's political opposition and an explosion of student riots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...area have ended rent controls. When they were lifted next door in Somerville, rents soared--a fact to which CCA politicians frequently refer. At the same time, the number of condominium conversions in Cambridge has increased dramatically. Only the frantic legal scrambling of CCA councilors slowed down the condo boom this year, and the prospect of renewed conversions may scare many tenants to the polls. Finally, the usually ephemeral student vote could help liberal candidacies this fall. CCA candidate David Sullivan, who has campaigned dorm-to-dorm this year in his second bid for a council seat, points...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council--Handicapping the Horses | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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