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Word: interest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...renewed interest in Islam is most pronounced among the young. A prominent judge in Algiers is surprised to discover that five times a day his 14-year-old son joins a group of friends at a mosque for prayer. In Tunisia, whose President Habib Bourguiba has promoted equal rights for women, including divorce and abortion, students belonging to the militant Muslim Brothers wage war on "sin and evil" by painting over sexually suggestive cinema billboards and chalking quotations from the Koran on city walls. At Cairo University (enrollment: 130,000), hundreds of female Egyptian students have donned the veil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Islam | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...NDSL program, students receive loans without interest while in college and then pay three per cent interest after graduation...

Author: By Mark A. Edwards, | Title: Government Increases Funding For Aid to Radcliffe Students | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...would hope our negotiators and press people would play up this conflict of interest in the faculty having a hand in setting its own salaries. The public is highly sensitized to conflict of interest and these I believe to be useful words from the public relations standpoint," Silber's letter continues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters Show Silber Wanted To Discredit Faculty Strike | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...With an interest in creative writing, especially poetry, and the hopes of someday finding a career in animal behavior study, Richmond has weathered the tennis bug without being consumed by the sport. She still admits to harboring the childhood dream of someday becoming a big tennis star, but she has accomplished many goals so far without losing her open mind...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Following an Open-Minded Road to Tennis Success | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

...freshman council yesterday can-called an open meeting it had scheduled to discuss the assignment process with Dingman. It was called off because of lack of interest, Dingman said...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Students May Help Sort Cards For House Lottery Next Year | 4/13/1979 | See Source »

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