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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cool, clear night last November a gleaming Atlas-Centaur rocket sat ready on its floodlit launch pad at Cape Kennedy. Perched atop the silver booster, the High Energy Astronomical Observatory-2 (HEAO-2), the most ambitious and advanced astrophysics research probe ever, lay shrouded in protective covering...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: 'Einstein Observatory' Blasts Off | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...national debate that has long raged over whether capital punishment deters crime and should be retained or is a cruel and unfair form of revenge that ought to be abolished. Sociologists have never definitively answered the question, but the views of the American public, aroused by violent crime, seem clear: polls show that nearly two-thirds of the people favor capital punishment. Accordingly, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1972 against the arbitrary way in which capital punishment was imposed, 34 states have rewritten their death penalty laws to conform with the court's guidelines. State courts have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: At Issue: Crime and Punishment | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...earth. In every respect we believe you have the capability to make this a happy world. We also ask, is that your wish, your perception of the American role? Quite frankly, we perceive SALT as of little consequence or meaning to the gulf. What we need is a clear drawing of the line against Soviet involvement in this area. The U.S. position should be clear, without ambiguity. You should not allow the Russians to undermine your friends and, in the process, America itself. I am not by nature an alarmist, but the situation here has reached alarming proportions. You still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Sultan Speaks His Mind | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...become clear in the last two years that student and faculty opinions on South African investments are not taken very seriously. Unfortunately, the Corporation seems to listen only to the ring of the cash register. Therefore, a financial boycott and mailing campaign seem to be the only options left to those in the Harvard community who care about the University's corporate investment policy and its effects on human rights in South Africa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Biko Fund | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

...Obviously Professor Guinier is not clear about our procedures." Rosovsky said, adding that the decision about an executive committee is under his jurisdiction...

Author: By Eileen M. Smith, | Title: Rosovsky To Rule On Af-Am Committee | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

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