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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shelf, and a few feet below it hangs a new white T shirt with green lettering that proclaims NOT BY A DAM SITE. A middle-aged woman with a hesitant voice and bright blue eyes is speaking: "I'm sure there are Indian graves around here. It would close down APCO's whole operation if we find an Indian grave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: Taking On a Dam Site | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...rests on the health and vision of one 78-year-old holy man. There are Khomeini posters everywhere, not to mention Khomeini coins, plaques, plates, ash trays, calendars and T shirts. The faithful wait in line for hours to catch a glimpse of him, and the truly lucky get close enough to toss a shawl or a handkerchief in his direction. Some Westernized Iranians are not particularly impressed by this evidence of a personality cult abuilding. "We didn't take down the Shah's picture merely to put up the Ayatullah's," complained a university student last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Yankee, We've Come to Do You In | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...about Walter Payton: "Walter's a very close friend and a great guy, but you realize after a while that he's pretty crazy. We were on a cruise one time when Walter grabbed some guy by the leg and started barking--you know, like he was a dog. The guy nearly fell overboard...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Danny Jiggetts Returns to Harvard | 2/24/1979 | See Source »

...really intriguing place," she said. "There are forty people there at all different levels of proficiency. I'm still very close to them...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Crimson's Kris Hodgkins Skis Little, Regularly Records Top-Ten Placements | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

Most of the year it's been close for the Harvard hockey team. A goal here, a break there, and maybe things could have been different...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Eight Goals in First Period Help Cornell Destroy Icemen | 2/22/1979 | See Source »

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