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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That kind of complaint goes back at least as far as Woody Guthrie's eloquent pleas for the migratory workers during the Depression. Commercial country was born in the 1920s out of an amalgamation of American folk, British airs and hymns, and Negro gospel and blues. The New York record companies sent their men South to make wax discs of such performers as Samantha Bumgarner and Fiddlin' John Carson. Then they found the Carter Family, hillbilly virtuosos from Virginia, and the first idol of country, Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933). Country was off and running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord, They've Done It All | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...Another complaint about the IAB is that the 1400 seats are not enough for Harvard's "overflowing" basketball crowds. But unless there is a sudden surge of interest in college basketball, and it doesn't look like there will be, the limited capacity will do fine...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Creme dela Cramer | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

...commission began its investigation in February in response to a complaint from three students in the course, who asked the commission to recommend "that the results of the examination be invalidated in the determination of final grades in the course...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Inquiry Commission Says Kiely Gave Edge to Some | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

Philip E. Clapp III '75, one of the students who filed the complaint, said last night he is "basically satisfied with what the commission did" and "not disappointed that they didn't ask that the exam be annulled...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Inquiry Commission Says Kiely Gave Edge to Some | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

Their letter of complaint said Princeton's lack of recruiting caused there to be no minority faculty or administrators...

Author: By James B. Moorhead, | Title: Third World Students Studying Harvard Recruitment Methods | 5/1/1974 | See Source »

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