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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Olara Otunnu, a student at the Law School and the general secretary of the Ugandan Freedom Union, said African nations which aided Amin in the past have realized that "in the long run it does not serve their interest to support Amin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amin's Regime Nears Collapse; Tanzanians Approach Kampala | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

Even with the snow. Byrne wasn't given much of a chance. She had little money, no precinct organization, no newspaper endorsements. When Chicagoans woke up yesterday to find themselves with a probable new mayor (the April 3 general election is something of a formality), the ironies abounded. Byrne defeated the Daley Machine by cloaking herself in the Daley legacy; she won with the help of black votes when it was Bilandic who had finally addressed the black issues ignored in the Daley years; she will probably become the first big-city woman mayor after a career in which...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Chicago's Dragon Lady | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

According to a Boston Globe article, Fouraker "reacted bitterly" to the story and "threatened to cut off a textbook subsidiary of Dow Jones from free use of Harvard Business School cases." (Dow Jones publishes the Wall Street Journal.) The article also stated that Fouraker "asked Harvard General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 to call Dow Jones's outside attorneys...

Author: By Cecily Deegan and Stephen R. Latham, S | Title: The B-School vs. The Wall Street Journal | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...hearings commence. No one on the Hill can predict any outcome for the treaty vote: rumors last week had it that a few key Senators, notably Frank Church (D-Idaho), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, will withold their support until they have carefully considered the complete treaty. In general, Congress seems willing to let Carter draw all the blame for foreign policy problems these days, and the Senate shows no inclination to help him out. As one Senate staffer stated Monday, "We don't want to say anything about SALT until we have to. For now, only Jimmy Carter...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: Campaigning for SALT | 2/28/1979 | See Source »

...feel very good about the women's program in general. There have been significant imporvements especially in terms of scheduling, where the caliber of our own teams and our opponents is much better. Title IX has also brought women to Harvard who are more serious about athletics," the junior from Largo, Md. said...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: CARYN CURRY: Basketball Star 'Plays Like a Man,' But Sparks Rise of Women's Sports | 2/28/1979 | See Source »

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