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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...swung back from independence to party responsibility." Wright also detected a shift in the reformers of 1974 and 1976. "A lot of them have matured," he said. "Many now are prone to listen to the leadership, instead of taking pride in being mavericks." Democratic House Whip John Brademas found a related change. "What we are seeing in the caucus," he observed, "is a reflection of the mood of the country-a mood of restraint and moderation." The leaders take that to mean that the 96th Congress is not likely to embark on many new programs, will work hard to make...
...officials also found several cartons of memos, directives, letters and other documents that detail the community's history, and as much as $2.5 million in U.S. and Guyanese currency. The cash is part of a tantalizing mystery: How much money did the Peoples Temple have, where is it all, and who has rights...
...descended on a sparsely developed section of Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Their quarry was Charles ("Chuck") Dederich, 65, the founder of Synanon, who was wanted in connection with an attempt in October to murder Los Angeles Attorney Paul Morantz with a rattlesnake hidden in his mail box. The officers found Dederich at home. Said Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John Watson: "He was in a stupor, staring straight ahead, with an empty bottle of Chivas Regal in front of him." Because his physical condition did not permit him to be formally arraigned in the local sheriffs office, Dederich was moved...
...fall of 1968, Robert S. Brustein, dean of the Yale School of Drama, showed up in Cambridge with the wife and kids to root for Old Eli in the Harvard-Yale game. But the Brustein family found the Cambridge fans' enthusiasm more to their liking and ended up waving a Crimson pennant instead...
...bureau's initial purpose "was to try to see the experience of college in the very different ways that different students see it," Perry said. "We found that the same student came to see the meaning of the experience in new ways year by year," he added...