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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most Catholics will tell you they have relations or friends in the IRA. Whether these are actually IRA members, or a part of the shifting number who sympathize with or aid the few who are actively engaged, is never clear. Whoever they are (and it is not the kind of thing people are eager to know), they are effectively in control of the Catholic communities. The British army patrols these areas as if it was an occupation force; the police, called the Royal Ulster Constabulatory, never enter...

Author: By Christopher Agee, | Title: Bleeding Ulster | 10/27/1977 | See Source »

...name a transition team to take over the government only two days after the run-off. And although Cuomo, uncooperative fellow that he is, refused to step into his freshly-dug grave, he still seemed more like a punched-out sparring partner than a live contender. The clear choice, it was obvious, was Koch...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Battle of the Clones | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

...fundamentals of Harvard Christians' beliefs are clear and straight forward, and those who say they are following Christ have no hesitation in discussing them, despite occasional sneers from fellow students. John Duff '78 says it is particularly important to face the questions of non-Christians. "We are at Harvard and there are an awful lot of people who think what we believe is a lot of baloney and that we're backward. It's an atmosphere in which people are questioning our beliefs all the time and we have to face those questions," he says...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

...concerned to help. Nelia Worsley '79 sent a letter over the summer to fellow Winthrop House Christians saying "What the Lord's been teaching me lately" is that they should be more diligent in praying for non-Christians, "silently lift up" people at meals through prayer, and make it clear through their attitudes and actions that they are Christians, whether by being particularly helpful to others or by avoiding typical Harvard complaining and gossiping...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

Harvard scored its first try from a set scrum when Carl Esterhay passed the ball to John Weston who lofted a kick inside the Quincy zone. When the Quincy fullback tried to clear the ball, center Blayne Heckel blocked the kick, picked the ball up and raced 15 yards for the try. Harvard missed the two-point conversion...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Ruggers Outplay Quincy, 11-3 | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

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