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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they entered the three-story, salmon-colored palace, the Sandinistas started shooting. Six guards and two civilians were killed, and 15 other people, including one commando, were wounded. Within moments, the guerrilla raiders were in command of the National Palace. Inside were more than 1,500 people?probably the largest number of hostages ever held captive in a terrorist operation...
Widener is famous for its great size, (it is the third largest library in terms of volumes owned, in the country), and for the horror stories people tell about it. Some tell tales of the Wandering Graduate Students who prowls the lower levels of the stacks feeding on old critiques of Medieval Scholaticism and accosting wayward freshmen who have lost the golden thread which they tied to the entrance of the stacks in order to find their way back. This stuff is just not true, nor are the tales of skeletal remains found in carrels or those of people...
...than 1000 students were holding an anti-apartheid rally. In the hope of taking the steam out of the protests, the Corporation decided to delay releasing its decision for two days. Despite the delay, the release of the decision rejecting student demands for divestiture set the stage for the largest student demonstration at Harvard in five years as more than 3000 students participated in a peaceful torchlight march that night. And the next day, April 28, students encircled Unviersity Hall in a "sit-out" that closed administation offices -- the culmination of a week in which University officials saw the abrupt...
...become even more complex this year, as the University begins reviewing its investment policy towards specific companies on a case-by-case basis. However, the pro-divesture groups' arguments will probably remain centered aroung two points. First, students note that divestitutre at Harvard -- which has by far the largest endowment of any university in the nation -- would attract heavy publicity, possibly helping the anti-apartheid movment elsewhere. The second point was perhaps most succintly expressed by Mary Nolan, assistant professor of history, in challenging Harvard Corporation members: "If you don't divest, you're an accomplice to apartheid...
...show-biz approach was inevitable as the paperback business grew: some of the largest paperback houses belong to conglomerates with movie and television interests. In addition, inflation has pushed the cost of paperbacks higher than the average for most commodities, demanding more aggressive salesmanship. In the past six years the cover price of a rack-size book has jumped 77%, from an average of 930 to $1.65. The consumer price index for the same period rose 44.8%. Where will it end? Inflation is not likely to vanish and neither is the desire of publishers to secure bigger blockbusters. This...