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Word: heard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well as a portion of his federal grant, was not about to give up. He filed a lawsuit against the University and two SPH officials, demanding his reinstatement as an assistant professor of Nutrition and pointing the finger at Harvard's unbalanced books. When a Congressional subcommittee heard what Cohen had to say, Harvard was brought face to face with HEW. And HEW launched a massive investigatory audit of some $225 million in federal research grants given to various University faculties from 1974-77. So much for the buddy system...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Breaking Down the Buddy System | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...some places, they (developers) have lost their rehabilitation loans, but in other areas it hasn't changed the pace of conversions," Lawrence A. Frisoli, a city councilor who voted in favor of condo conversions, said last week. Frisoli's claims are wishful thinking, responds Sullivan. "I haven't heard of a single condo being occupied. When the law is broken, I assume the person will be prosecuted and end up with a $500 fine and a criminal record for the rest of his or her life," Sullivan said, adding, "The bill has dried up the market. Anyone buying...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Condo: It's a Fighting Word | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Originally, some had feared ETS would stop giving tests all together in New York. Now, though reductions in the number of tests given annually is likely, Churchill says, "I have heard no talk of a boycott." The only holdouts are the boards that administer the Medical College Admission Tests (MCATs) and Dental Aptitude Tests (DATs), both of which announced the day after the bill was passed that they were out of business in New York...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Testing: Truth or Consequences? | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Humphrey's eyes rilled with tears. "I never imagined a candidate for President could be talked to like that," says one man who heard Connally on that occasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot on the Campaign Trail | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

Growing up, you heard fairy tales. Growing up in the north of England, Alan Price heard about the Jarrow March. The government shut down the shipbuilding yards, even blew up construction cranes. The workers were starving; their children had rickets. The people of Jarrow staged a hunger march, walked the 280 miles to London to confront a government that refused to see them. Some 30 years later, Price wrote a song for them. It was rilled with pride, a particular kind of chin-out toughness set to an easy melody fit for a pub choir, and it had a memorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: England's Own Fair Son | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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