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...Bueltman, vice president of the Soap and Detergent Association, testified last week that "phosphates in surface waters come from many sources, such as fertilizers, runoff from uncultivated lands and forests, human excrement, detergents and industrial wastes." Bueltman claimed that "the elimination of detergent phosphate alone could not mitigate or diminish excessive algae growth." If .detergents were banned, he hinted, housewives would revolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dirty Detergents? | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Today's most crucial match will set Harvard's Pat Coleman (150) against Doug Ward. Coleman barely edged Ward in the quarterfinals of the eastern championships last year, and a Ward victory will diminish the Crimson's chances of winning. "We have to win at 150," Lee said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matmen Host Franklin and Marshall; Sophomores Bolster Diplomat Lineup | 12/13/1969 | See Source »

...wearing a dress?" I ask. "I'm a witch," he answers. "In fact, you're just in time to see one of my ceremonies. Come on upstairs." I follow. "Don't worry, I'm not a black witch, I'm a white witch. Most of us are. Our powers diminish when we use them selfishly." We come into a room draped with silk cloths. A dozen people?housewives, girls, young men?are sitting in a circle on the floor. Lying in the middle is a blonde, Leslie, around 20. Dennis joins the circle, all 13 witches join hands, and Dennis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: CANDIDE CAMERA: IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

...short, the university is a necessary condition for sustained radical analysis of American society and for strong radical movements to undertake its reconstruction; to diminish the university with reckless and witless attacks, with violence for the hell of it, is to diminish our radical future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Radical Scholar And the CFIA Policy | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...short, the Center for International Affairs is a necessary condition for systematic and sustained radical analyses of American foreign policy here at Harvard; again, to diminish it is to diminish our radical future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Radical Scholar And the CFIA Policy | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

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