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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going to be pretty right away. The rules for success in the ECAC are still the same--talent, experience and playing Princeton twice a year. The freshmen again looked strong, and that kind of good omen hasn't been around for four years--or since Harvard let Kevin Constantine get away...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Engineers Hand Icemen First Setback | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Rockies that the malaise began to hit. In a typical end of school urge to get out and be real, I had hoped driving across country would bring me back to the genuine article, Tom Wolfe's Right Stuff, the American Dream. Instead I found myself trapped in Freddy Silverman's fantasy, riding I-70 out of the mountains into the Utah desert...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: The Land Presses In | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

However, many observers doubt that controlling the Democratic platform would give DA much clout. For the most part, the coalition is seen as a means to keep Ted Kennedy honest on the left, especially in his economic policies. They want to stop his slide to the political center to get elected. But since DA lacks a candidate of its own--Carter is persona non grata and Brown is not taken seriously--Kennedy has little to worry about in the way of competition for DA votes, which probably explains why he decided not to speak before the conference at its Saturday...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach and James G. Hershberg, S | Title: Setting an Agenda for the '80s | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...workers." But some strains between leftists and unionists were evident. At the energy workshop, activists complained about labor support of nuclear power. Building nukes means construction jobs, at least in the short run. On such issues delicate compromises are necessary to keep the coalition together. "I'd like to get the building trades to come out for human-scale, non-corporate solar power," Harrington told The Crimson, "even if they won't endorse our antinuclear position...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach and James G. Hershberg, S | Title: Setting an Agenda for the '80s | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...success lies in effectively communicating to the public the conference's anti-corporate message. In the last election, said Wurf, "It was the oppressor who voted, not the oppressed." A black DSOC member from Los Angeles, vice president of his Teamsters local, argued, "We need an educational program to get workers more politically involved beyond issues of the bargaining table." A number of Agenda-affiliated groups plan a public education campaign for fighting corporate power centered on April 17's "Big Business Day." At Harvard, students from New England will hold a three-day conference the same weekend...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach and James G. Hershberg, S | Title: Setting an Agenda for the '80s | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

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