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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The scenario is chilling. China's ethnic minorities, which occupy some 60% of the nation's territory, want to break away from Peking. The inhabitants of Inner Mongolia yearn to unite with the Mongolian People's Republic and the Turkic peoples of Sinkiang with their cousins in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Political Perversity | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

YET FROM A distance of more than two feet, the copies can pass for the originals. Rockefeller's craftsmen used a photographic process called Cibachrome to suggest the texture as well as the color of paint. To a viewer with no forewarning, the copy would give him the same "experience...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Rockefeller and His Clones | 5/25/1979 | See Source »

It is pointless to speculate on the merits of an untried list of courses; titles are unreliable indicators. However, if the Core prompts faculty members to consider the content and value of the courses they offer, it will be some improvement over the sham of the general Education program.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unveiling The Core | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

Besides, our profits aren't so high, when you consider the monumental expenses we have. Do you have any idea how much it costs to pay for advertising space like this each week in The Crimson and The New York Times? Then there are the costs of bribing government officials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Profits For People | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

However, ideas that administrators did not consider seriously may be the real solution. Changing the grading policies of the College so that final exams were less important would remove a lot of the pressure that cause sickouts. Suggestions for change that could be easily implememted as new core courses are...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: A Cosmetic Change | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

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