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Dates: during 1970-1979
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David Rosen, an attorney for the union, said last week it had sent a letter to the dean of Harvard College requesting a boycott of Cotrell and Leonard, the Albany, N.Y., cap and gown manufacturer. But neither Dean Fox nor other officials said they had received such a letter...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: One for the Money, Two for the Show | 11/10/1979 | See Source »

Blaming Harvard for most of the city's town-gown troubles, Wylie says "We'll deny everything Harvard wants from us until it treats us as equals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Council Profiles | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...College day began at sunrise with morning prayers and a breakfast of bread and beer. Students were never permitted to leave their rooms without their coat, gown or cloak, and the administration looked askance at students with long hair, curled hair, and even parted hair

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: The College Reaches 343rd Birthday, But Nobody Celebrates--Or Even Knows | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

...piles of facts and figures power plant officials and witnesses mustered to the defense proved ineffective. When a state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) hearing officer said MATEP could not install its diesels, the University was stuck with a white elephant and increasing town-gown tensions. Confused, frustrated--some might even say desperate--MATEP asked the DEQE to let the diesels be installed. The DEQE did not respond at first. Only recently, when a DEQE official recommended that the plant's diese's be installed could Harvard breathe a little easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Turn It On | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

None of the set pieces have much to do with the plot, which has Moore as a composer growing bored with his longtime inamorata (Julie Andrews). His discontent takes the form of an obsession with a lovely creature (Bo Derek) whom he briefly glimpses in bridal gown and veil on her way to her wedding and ranks at the top of the familiar l-to-10 scale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Random Number | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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