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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leader was said to be a "hopeless alcoholic." A year later, Bell met Kenyatta in a village in northern Kenya. He was tall and dignified, and Bell remembers him manipulating a fly whisk with great style and grace. At first he spoke haltingly, "not because he was a gone alcoholic," Bell recalls, "but because he hadn't spoken English in seven years. By the end, he was speaking as the London School of Economics scholar of anthropology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 4, 1978 | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...deeply discounted fares. The charter flights (and later the Laker flights) are what forced the reductions. The CAB has refused to protect the public by insisting that all Super Saver-type fares must exist for a specified lifetime (such as a five-year minimum). Once the charters are gone, you will see the discounts disappear quickly, and the airlines will have the public right where they want it paying high fares without the option of the less expensive charter flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 4, 1978 | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...been warned, you see: my brother, whose judgement I trusted, had just finished his freshman year here, or rather, his freshman year had almost finished him. I couldn't believe how much he hated Harvard after that year, and how much he changed. His self-confidence seemed to be gone, but more shocking, his academic curiosity had completely vanished. He had been the more studious of the two of us, and now he wanted to drop out of college. From what I had seen, I had a feeling that I was in for trouble...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Down But Not Out at Harvard | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...teeth. And the people murmured against Morton, and stayed away from lectures to tend their other crops. But unlike the Prodigal Son they found no improvement upon their return. And the people took the final exam, not caring for salvation. For all they knew was that Morton would be gone and happiness could return to the land. And some people went out from that place and wrote these things in the book of "Confi Guide" so others might know. The fruit of English 13 should not be eaten, neither should you taste thereof. Seek for salvation in passing the English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English 13 | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

Harvard has gone to the College World Series four times, missing a possible fifth trip last spring when two regional playoff games took place just minutes after some players had taken final exams...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Sports at Harvard: Hard to Figure | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

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