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BAD CRIMINALS ARE a dime a dozen. They're the ones that police reporters write up in the next day's paper, tucked in among the marriage announcements. Good criminals, on the other hand, are a lot harder to track down. You've got to devote a lot of time...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A Snake in the Asian Grass | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

Though she had to settle for second, the race marked a turning point for Beckford as she drastically cut 24 seconds off her best high school mile and decided to devote most of her energies to running with Liberty.

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Local Star Beckford Runs On | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

In 1972, ABC allotted the Olympics only 64 hours. Next summer, to get back its $87 million, NBC will throw out almost everything else on its schedule for two weeks and devote 150 hours to events in Moscow. In 1984 ABC plans to raise the total to 200 hours. It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Big Game | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Eighteen months later, the bill, signed by New York Governor Hugh Carey and due to go into effect January 1, has forced Educational Testing Services (ETS), the nation's largest testing firm, to devote 50 full-time workers "just trying to cope," Mary Churchill, associate director of information for the...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Testing: Truth or Consequences? | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

How you approach your academic life here depends on what priority you give your schoolwork in the rest of your life. There are plenty of students at Harvard who spend most of their days preparing for classes, in classes, or recovering from classes. Some are happy, others are not, but...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life in the Academic Factory | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

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