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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...farmers and the Department of Agriculture will be buried under more excess wheat, corn, rice and other products than ever before in history. Last week the immensity of the surplus became clear in the marketplace, as commodities traders sent the price of corn futures plunging to $1.71 per bu., the lowest level in twelve years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amber Waves of Strain | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

Just to show the world that we're Number 1, the University invites seniors from BC, BU, Northeastern, Quincy Junior College and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School to compete in the advanced-calculus pentathlon, the literary-criticism relay and 74 other intellectual events. Of course, the only real competition--MIT--has refused to send competitors because we snubbed their last graduation...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: A Top of the Class Act? | 4/12/1986 | See Source »

...BU officials also said the Commonwealth Avenue project shows the university's commitment to the revitalization of the Kenmore Square area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston U. Dedicates Science Complex | 4/12/1986 | See Source »

Massachusetts Health and Education Financing Authority bonds paid for $69 million of the project. Gifts and grants covered $29.5 million and $2 million in university endowment funds paid for the rest, BU officials said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston U. Dedicates Science Complex | 4/12/1986 | See Source »

...lightweight four race at 9:30 a.m. was moved into the "powerhouse stretch,"--a less distinctly marked and shorter course between the BU and Weeks bridges--because of poor water conditions on the regular racecourse. The regular 2000-meter racecourse is in the basin of the river, and lies 1000 meters downriver from the Mass Ave. Bridge, and ends at the Hyatt...

Author: By Helen Lee, | Title: Radcliffe Crews Cruise Despite a Choppy Charles | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

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