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Oglo offers some final views on the Wellesley women she sees today--a different breed from that described in the opening ditty. "It's time people took us seriously; the Wellesley woman these days is down-to-earth, intelligent and laid back," she says. "It is definitely a clean-cut, live and let live atmosphere...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Malice in Wonderland | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

...effort to stop Citizens," Kennedy says. "But the relationships between the oil producers and the entire U.S. oil system does not encourage new energy systems like Citizens. It is more convenient for the oil producing countries to continue business as usual than to deal with some sort of new breed of cat. And it might be that innocent," he says. "And it might be something more...

Author: By Jennifer H. Arlen, | Title: Joe Kennedy Challenges the Oil Companies Citizens Corp. Brings Cheap Heat to the Poor | 12/17/1980 | See Source »

...University of Georgia ended its regular season last weekend as the toprated college football team in the country, but things weren't always so good down in Athens. This Southern breed of Bulldogs got its name because the school's first president was a Yalie, and, like its northern counterpart in New Haven, once had to face a Harvard squad on the gridiron. The result: On October 15, 1921, Harvard came away with...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Harvard 10, Georgia 7 | 12/5/1980 | See Source »

...hottest cars in the U.S. these days is neither a Japanese import nor one of Detroit's new front-wheel drives. It is the Ford Mustang of the early breed: the slim, economical and sporty little models built between 1964 and 1968. Suddenly they are more sought after than any other classic. An early model in only fair shape sells for $6,000 to $8,000. Low-mileage convertibles in top condition have fetched as much as $18,000. In California, old Mustangs rank near the top on police lists of most-stolen cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: American as All Hell | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...conservatives are not only out to eliminate the "other guys," but also their own breed, disemboweling the liberal influence in government needed to maintain the delicate balance of power within the bipolar system. While it is not true that the New Right controlled the election, neither is it true that all the targeted Democrats would have fallen without a tilt of the scales...

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: The Awkward Age | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

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