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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...month for a one-bedroom flat to $600) is free bus transport to and from the city between 7 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., free electricity, water and air conditioning. All services, such as plumbing and carpentry, are free. Garage space is $15 a month, and a washer-dryer and dishwasher are each rentable for $10 monthly. There are nine groundskeepers to maintain the lawns, and 15 security guards to keep the peace. "We've always thought it was out of this world," says Irwin Gopnik, a McGill University English professor. Adds Daughter Alison: "This is not luxury living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Inhabiting Habitat | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...spite of their heated arguments about the moon's origin, history and composition, lunar scientists usually agree on one point; that the moon is a bleak, waterless place, a million times dryer, as one researcher put it, than the Gobi Desert. That idea was challenged last week, as two Rice University scientists disclosed that they had detected the first evidence of water on the moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Wet Moon? | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

...owners it cited were heavy contributors to the Governor's campaign chest. These same corporations may also receive lavish tax benefits. The report was especially critical of such state projects as a mammoth scheme currently underway to transfer water from the northern part of the state to the dryer south...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Studying California | 9/6/1971 | See Source »

Although a favorite for the race has not been picked, Tom Dryer and Rich Barton of Quincy House won Class 1 the last two years, both riding the same bike. As of yesterday, the stolen bike had not been found...

Author: By E. J. Dionne, | Title: Adams Sponsors Raft Race Tomorrow As Bikers Speed to Wellesley College | 4/30/1971 | See Source »

...Bell is afraid of anything that has not received its papal imprimatur being plugged into its system. This is like an electric company trying to discourage the installation of air conditioners and washer-dryer combinations. If the phone company would only encourage the use of its system by innovative equipment manufacturers, it would suddenly find 200 million Americans working for Bell on their own time, rather than working against it. The increase in communications traffic would jump enormously because 200 million people can think of a lot more things to do with a communications network than one corporation can think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Efficiency: How Sharp Is A.T. &T.? | 11/2/1970 | See Source »

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