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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Rays still have to see if they meet other requirements to be adoptive parents, but they are proud of their victory over bureaucratic rules they consider unfeeling and discriminatory. "I'm happy we could do some good for other so-called fat people," says Gordon, who never lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Weighty Issue | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

American-made Kent cigarettes, in their familiar white package, have become a form of alternative currency in President Nicolae Ceauşescu's Socialist Republic. Diplomats and foreign visitors use them as tips or to consummate business as well as sexual deals. Nor do the cigarettes immediately go up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Butting In | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

The Board of Overseers did consider the question at its Monday meeting, but members have declined to comment on what steps were taken.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: An Adversary Relationship | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

The University did take the first steps toward assuaging some of the hard feelings last week, when Graduate School of Design officials announced that they would consider giving tenants on Sumner St., scheduled to be evicted on June 1, more time to move.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: An Adversary Relationship | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

The CIA had failed to consider one very important factor in the situation, the Majlis or Iranian parliament, which voted soon afterwards for the immediate seizure of the oil industry and then named Mossadeq prime minister in April. Mossadeq immediately began talks with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to finalize...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA in Iran | 2/9/1979 | See Source »

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