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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Candidate for 1978's most needed Christmas present: a piggy bank containing $29.84 sent to Dennis Kucinich, mayor of bankrupt Cleveland. Most useful present: a leather-covered toolbox, complete with screwdrivers and toenail clippers, given to buxom, blond-wigged Country Singer Dolly Parton, who says her new toolbox is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 8, 1979 | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

A good cartoon book is an oblong entirely surrounded by laughter. Among the merriest: Stop Trying to Cheer Me Up! by Frank Modell. One of the most versatile of The New Yorker's cartoonists, Modell is equally at home with animal gags (Pan using a unicorn horn for a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Fortunately, the Dutch team was not as strong as some had suggested, and not all the Crimson swimmers allowed themselves to succumb to pre-exam doldrums and the bitterness surrounding the late cancellation of the proposed Jamaica Christmas trip.

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Crimson Swims by Dutchmen | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Campari Knoepffler, Harvard's Nicaraguan national team member, exhibited the benefits of hard Christmas training in coming from behind to edge two Dutchmen in the 200 butterfly, finishing with a lifetime best 1:56.62.

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Crimson Swims by Dutchmen | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Law students and administrators yesterday said the new calendar--under which second- and third-year students take exams before Christmas vacation--has led to several minor problems, but that it is too early to tell whether the short winter term will prove a valuable innovation.

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Law Students Begin New Winter Term | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

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