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Rafael Ramírez said that when he completed his biochemistry course, he planned "to devote myself to the service of the revolution, wherever it might send me." The students were all talking about Africa, explained Elio Jiménez, a dark-skinned economist. "Because of the blood of our...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Display of Groupthink | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Whatever the criteria are for the selection of players, it is not difficult to give an early assessment of the relative standing of an individual player. It is unfortunate that the athletes here, all intelligent people, are subjected to arbitrary and subjective decisions about receiving playing time. A method to...

Author: By Kwame A. Olatunji, | Title: No Motion On the Sidelines | 6/7/1978 | See Source »

Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, associate professor of Psychiatry, will resign his position as director of Student Affairs at the Medical School this summer in order to devote more time to writing and research.

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Director of Student Affairs Leaves Medical School | 6/6/1978 | See Source »

Mary J. McCullough, assistant senior tutor, said they devote more time to their House duties than necessary.

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin and Maxwell Gould, S | Title: Winthrop Masters To Step Down in '79 | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

This is the homestretch of the silly season, when state legislatures across the land seem to vie for the imaginary Golden Nit. There is nothing imaginary, though, about the time, effort and deliberation they customarily devote to the trivial, the insignificant, the utterly negligible. Nebraska's legislature, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Trivial State of the States | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

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