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Despite what appears to be misguided chauvinism on the relief issue, Gowon seemed prepared to behave as a generous victor in other respects. To the Ibos in general, he said: "We know that most of you were dragged into this. May I welcome you back into the fold?" The general called for three days of prayer and pleaded with the remainder of Nigeria's 53 million people not to reject the Ibo rebels. "Let us join hands to build a truly united and great nation," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Secession that Failed | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

...Dubridge, President Nixon's Science Advisor, Monday night said that "There is a lot of sentiment around here [in Washington] for just letting the center fold and letting the people go out and get jobs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NASA Center | 1/21/1970 | See Source »

...company performed in a barren entry-hall that looked more like an undersized classroom than a theatre. Fold-up chairs on risers made a three-quarter round for the "stage"- a clearing in the middle of the room. At the base of the clearing, a ten-foot circle, which provided a focus for the actors' "movement" from scene to scene, was marked on the floor with chalk. The players were costumed in only the barest suggestion of peasant clothing, creating props with pantomime or interpretive embellishment of mundane objects. With these meager facilities, the Caravan players unraveled the most passionately...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Golden, | Title: The Theatregoer The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 1/21/1970 | See Source »

...musicians mostly students at Columbia, reject the new spirit of profit-making to which today's other rock groups have succumbed. For your basic album cost, you receive 14 tracks, a fold-out section of old newspaper articles on Alan Freed Spectaculars and rock 'n' roll riots, and pictures of the group in flashy gold suits, engineer boots, and tee shirts with the cigarettes rolled up in the sleeves. Everything is authentic, right down to the grease...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Classical Music Sha Na Na Is Here | 1/15/1970 | See Source »

...over $100 million which Congress appropriates yearly for NSF, according to Stone, only $15 million goes for social science research, and only $300,000 of that for computer applications in the social sciences. "We need at least a ten-fold increase in computer funds." Stone said...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: Professors Ask NSF for Money For Computers in Social Sciences | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

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