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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...authors also want to explain the '60s to the younger generation, Weiner said...

Author: By Theos D. Mckinney, | Title: Authors to Poll Bostonians For Research About The Sixties | 10/7/1977 | See Source »

This is very simple to explain. As you probably know, Harvard Stadium was the first athletic stadium in this country to be built entirely of reinforced concrete. The ritual of tailgating began in 1903 when Harvard football fans noticed there were no seats in the stadium, only concrete steps. They started arriving at the stadium a half-hour before the kick off and stuffing pillows, blankets, quilts, etc. down the back of their pants so that their "tails" (that's what behinds were called back then) would be protected. The tradition continues to this day mainly because the seats still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mail Chauvinism | 10/7/1977 | See Source »

Robert E. Kaufmann '62, associate dean for finance and administration, said yesterday that length of service, age and differences in fields would explain most of Harvard's salary discrepancy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Professors Receive Less Pay | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

...only while he or she is still working, and the working hours needed to qualify do not transfer from ranch to ranch. The UFW medical plan by contrast, has three different levels of coverage--the lowest beginning after a total of 50 hours work under any union contract. I explain this here as I explained it every day for the two and a half weeks that we organized at Sam Andrews. Each morning I got up at 3:45 a.m., arrived at the office in Lamont at 4:30 a.m. We received our assignments for the day, what crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Activism: UFW Summer '77 | 10/4/1977 | See Source »

...that his department-the Government's biggest spender-was starting a five-year campaign to make HEW's edicts briefer, simpler and fewer. He even gave the campaign a nice snappy title: Operation Common Sense. Great, but the HEW flacks handed reporters 43 pages of verbiage to explain how much sense Common Sense made. And Califano topped it all off by announcing that a new position was being created to lead the fight against creeping governmentese. It will be filled by the "deputy general counsel for regulatory review...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Watch What We Do, Not What We Say | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

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