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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bishop was convicted for murder of David Ballard during a hold-up in Las Vegas in 1977, and has opposed the NAACP's efforts to prevent his execution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Execution Not Stayed | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...figures to make his entrance into historical fiction. McKay himself, the owner of the bees, was a contemporary of this crowd, though not of the same public stature, in fact, very little has been written about him: he made a fortune in shoe-manufacturing, and the Pusey Library archives hold a slim volume on the gigantic endowments he left to Harvard. Though he arrives at his true life circumstances by the end of the novel, McKay first undertakes a long fictional journey to Kansas and back. McMahon has given him depth, complicated his life, and intersected his life with other...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: The Real McKay | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...Until you agree to a $50,000 advance, I'll hold my hand in this flame," said Liddy...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

...reserved as a carrot if the PLO acts reasonably and in good faith. This approach would be consistent with American policy toward the People's Republic of China before the normalization of relations early this year. Although the U.S. did not officially recognize China, the two countries did hold periodic talks to keep open the lines of communication...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Giving the PLO the A-OK | 10/17/1979 | See Source »

...Cambridge City Council last night voted to hold a public hearing next month to discuss disposal of radioactive and other hazardous wastes generated by laboratories at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: City Council to Examine Waste Disposal Questions | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

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