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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most ROTC students contacted said that participation in classes and exercises on the MIT campus--which often takes three to four hours a week--leaves little time to devote to the Harvard branch of the club.

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Inactivity Plagues Friends of ROTC | 10/28/1983 | See Source »

McFarlane, a conservative but no ideologue, is diligent and has a great facility for detail, particularly in the arcane realm of nuclear arms control. Earlier this year he helped persuade Reagan to temper his arms-control stance to win congressional support for the MX missile. For the past twelve weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaning Toward a Team Player | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

The reason she quit, said Cunningham, 32, was to devote herself full time to Semper Corp., the venture-capital firm that she co-founded with former Bendix Chairman William Agee, 45, in June 1982, the same month the two were married. She said her job at Seagram, developing a strategic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Move | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

"The main roadblock was making up our minds to devote two years of our lives to this," said Chayes, adding, "Maybe if it really sings, four other people will say, 'Maybe we will try it.'"

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Law School Experiment Uses 140 'Guinea Pigs' | 10/8/1983 | See Source »

Inventor Josepho, who is a Socialist only three years removed from penniless Russian immigrancy, will act consistently. Half of his million he will devote to general charity; half "to helping my brother inventors to similar success."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCIENCE 1927: Photomaton | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

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