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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...annual ration of cloth is enough for two everyday outfits, but not enough for an ao-dai, the ladies' flowing tunic-cum-trousers, or for a winter coat. There is little local transportation except for bicycles. One recent visitor to Hanoi reported that the only nonessential goods he saw for sale were some Chinese-made pingpong balls. Hanoi's beer gardens frequently sell out before closing time. Hanoi Moi recently carried one letter from a cigarette-factory worker who apologized for the number of cigarettes that were "only half full of tobacco," and another from a smoker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: North Viet Nam: Year of the Dog | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

After graduating summa cum laude from Harvard in 1943, Blum served on Navy patrol craft in the Pacific during World War II. He then returned to Harvard to earn...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Professors to be on Corporation | 1/13/1970 | See Source »

Slichter-son of Harvard economist Sumner Slichter-came here as a member of the Class of 1945 and graduated magna cum laude in 1946. A year later he earned his A. M.. and in 1949 he received his Ph. D. During World War II he worked at the Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory at Woods Hole...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Professors to be on Corporation | 1/13/1970 | See Source »

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