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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Neither Ferguson nor other committee members believe these problems of tenure and possible confrontation to be insurmountable. Committee members say that they believe in the legitimacy and intellectual excitement of Afro-American Studies, and want to make sure other Harvard community members think so, too. Although efforts to help Afro-Am have a long history of failure, they remain confident. "This really is a last ditch effort--if this doesn't work, nothing will," Patterson says. Rosovsky and the rest of the committee are laying cautious odds that it will, but this year should prove a crucial test of that...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Blond-haired and blue-eyed, MacAusland probably looks more like a teammate than a coach when she shouts and jumps from the sidelines, but her actions should build her team's confidence, which is certain to help the squad's play...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Edie MacAusland Takes Charge | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

HARTFORD, CONN. -- President Carter yesterday announced plans for a $2.4 billion program to help low-income families pay rising energy costs and promised residents of the Northeast that "we will have necessary fuel to get us through this winter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Announces New Plan To Help Poor During Winter | 9/13/1979 | See Source »

Organizers of the two-year-old Students Helping Students (SHS) program are planning to tighten requirements for upperclassmen guides this year and enlist faculty help to expand the program...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: SHS to Tighten Requirements For Upperclassmen Advisers | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...excellences in character acting balance any such flaws. Melvyn Douglas, a reliable old pro, plays the aging, once powerful Senator Birney, whose friendship Tynan must betray. Alda's best moments come when he is Douglas's foil; Tynan feels contempt for the old man's politics but cannot help sympathizing when Birney lapses into senility and the Cajun tongue of his youth. Rip Torn plays a hilarious cameo as the libidinous buffoon, Sen. Ritner...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Seduction of Hawkeye | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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