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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Barring some sudden crisis in the Middle East, the issue at the top of the President's list is the normalization of relations with China, which goes into effect this week. A key ingredient of this new policy is the visit to Washington this month of China's peppery Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing, and it poses a ticklish problem for Carter. He must make Teng feel welcome without at the same time alarming the Soviets. Any missteps that aggravate Moscow's apprehensions about the rapprochement between the U.S. and Peking could further delay that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Difficult Year Ahead | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...lyrics with the rhythms and acoustics of their songs. In "Three Miles Down," a song to politicians about coal-mining, the music has three distinct beats, each one in a lower key than the one played before. "Angel Dust" includes mellow backup vocals, giving the song a light, hallucinatory effect. All of their productions attempt to incorporate the setting into music, a testimony to the genius of their creators. The result is not a sermon or a demand but a subtle yet powerful understatement of what's going down...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: A Verbal Coltrane | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

...elect William R. Ratchford (D-Conn.) said yesterday that it is impossible to predict what effect, if any, the letter would have on any possible decision to rename the library. Ratchford added that he had not yet received an answer from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congressmen Ask for New Library Name | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

...committee's recommendations, if approved by the Med School faculty, will remain in effect until a more comprehensive year-long study is released this spring...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Med School Revises Policy | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

Regarded as "a man who was sensitive, responsive to faculty." Buck put the General Education program into effect, began the integration of Harvard and Radcliffe, and strengthened the House system, Freidel said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Paul H. Buck, Former Dean, Dies at 79 | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

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