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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shortage to "top off' their tanks -buy a few gallons for an already mostly full tank-and thus caused a huge surge of panic demand. Secretary of the Treasury Michael Blumenthal told Congress last week that the average California gas purchase has lately been a mere $3-barely enough to fill a quarter of the tank of a compact car at today's prices. "I've had this car washed four times in six days," reported Fred Tyler as he stood beside a dripping Mercedes 280 on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. His reason: the Santa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Gas: A Long, Dry Summer? | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Through early-morning hints of sunlight, the Harvard fortunes had proceeded well enough. All six boats had qualified for the finals, five of the six winning their heats. The super-psyched varsity lights had posted a time six seconds better than any other crew on the course that morning. It was nothing unexpected, but at least it wasn't disappointing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

...encouraging-enough fashion, the freshman lightweights led off with an upset win over Yale. The three-second victory brought a dock-side eruption from the crowd. It left the freshmen in delerium as they accepted the lightweight trophy amid a champagne shower that ended with everyone pulling each other into the lake--as the delighted crowd howled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

That bond, and the improved rowing it produced, surfaced rapidly--fast enough so that by May 6, the J.V. eight stormed into Derby, Conn., and came away with the only victory Harvard could post over Yale that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reflections on the Sprints | 5/18/1979 | See Source »

Compared with the other proposals given serious consideration by administrators--quarantining students until they recovered enough to take the exam, scheduling make-ups over spring vacation, or requiring some physical proof of illness such as a high fever before granting a medical excuse--the asterisk proposal seems especially levelheaded...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: A Cosmetic Change | 5/15/1979 | See Source »

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