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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Back in 1960, when the only known source of X-rays in space was the sun (though astronomers suspected they would find other sources if they had the equipment to look for them), Riccardo Giacconi, then with American Sciences & Engineering and now a professor of Astronomy here, first proposed a method for using telescopes to take detailed X-ray photographs of distant objects...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: 'Einstein Observatory' Blasts Off | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...shall continue, then, to refuse to offer Harvard any contributions until we are satisfied that its leaders have adopted a less unjust investment policy, a decision we find necessary under the present regrettable circumstances. Sincerely, James M. Jasper '79 Steven E. Kelley '79 David Alwin '79-3 Robert Weler '79 Thomas M. O'Reilly '79 Elias Diuopoulos '79 Gregory P. Lippolis '79 Joseph A.D' Agostino '79 Jack M. Hazizian '79 Christopher A. Shaw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Witholding Contributions: Not Ingratitude | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...Buena Park, Calif. Two years later, Spenkelink was arrested for the first time, for driving a stolen car. There followed arrests for disturbing the peace, for burglary and for armed robbery. Stints in reform schools were to no avail. When he married briefly at 18, his probation officer could find only two positive things to say about him: he had not been in trouble before his teens and he had been "a wonderful paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: At Issue: Crime and Punishment | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...prefigure an election like that of 1948, in which a President runs against Congress. (Truman, however, attacked a Republican-led legislature.) "I don't like this talk about campaigning against Congress," a Democratic congressional leader told a top White House staffer. Replied the staffer: "The President may find that Congress is running against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter: A Song of Woe | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

There is no white Southern vote, no labor vote, no farm vote as there was in 1976. Where will he find support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carter: A Song of Woe | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

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