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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...always conceded Wallace Mississippi, Louisiana and, of course, Alabama. He gave up Georgia some time ago. Now he is seriously concerned about his chances against Wallace in Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. Kentucky and Virginia, once considered promising for the G.O P., are less than firm. No one in either of the major parties gives Wallace even an outside chance of carrying any state outside the South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: WALLACE'S ARMY: THE COALITION OF FRUSTRATION | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

...School Coop have caused the Coop to be debt financed by the Harvard Trust Company. One of the terms of the present loan agreement is that, "The Company will not, directly or indirectly, make any investments in the stock, securities or other obligations of any other person, firm, or corporation." Thus, the Coop simply cannot invest in any other co-operative community venture...

Author: By Alan S. Geismer jr., | Title: Coop Coup | 10/16/1968 | See Source »

...firm will study the work of the Planning Board, the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, and all volunteer planning agencies, such as the neighborhood planning teams, Sullivan said. In response to a question from Councillor Edward A. Crane '35, the manager said that the Harvard and M.I.T. planning offices would be included. "Certainly, I think that any planning done by Harvard or M.I.T. has a direct bearing on the City," Sullivan commented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Undergoes City Planning Inquiry | 10/15/1968 | See Source »

First Novelist Kellogg, 46, succeeds most of the time by means of firm tact and dry-eyed restraint. Her characterizations are neither bathetic nor sensationalized. Whenever the book begins to soften into sentimentality, which is a little too often, she flashes a cauterizing wit. She also resists the temptation to moralize. The common humanity of her people reveals itself indirectly, through their power to stir other lonely beings whose disfigurements are merely emotional. Arthur's death after his brief romance with Junie is rather predictable, and the ending is too pat. But Miss Kellogg displays an easy, lightly satirical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Challenge of the Bizarre | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

Finally, Harvard, Bucknell lost to Penn in its opener last Saturday. Harvard beat Holy Cross. If the Crimson offensive line can hold firm long enough for George Lalich and Pete Varney to connect on some passes, Harvard will win its second game. As my father's son, I pick Harvard...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 10/5/1968 | See Source »

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