Word: latelys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...teen-ager from a small town in Iowa overcome parental opposition, lack of first-class training, and a late start, rise to a point near the top in competitive figure skating, recover from an accident that blinds her, and then struggle back to her former form, in the process reclaiming the young love she abandoned along...
...Lindsey's book The Late Great Planet Earth sold more than 10 million copies. The semidocumentary movie made from it, with Narrator Orson Welles rumbling warnings that the world may be coming to an end, is currently among the top ten moneymakers out of Hollywood. Why the success of an apocalyptic message? "Storm warnings, portents, hints of catastrophe haunt our times," says Historian Christopher Lasch. "Impending disaster has become an everyday concern...
...from anyone's head; the idea has floated back and forth between Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) offices and University fund-raising centers for at least two years. But the drive only began to take definite form in recent months and now awaits nothing but Corporation approval--expected late this spring--before the appeals for money can start. Harvard's development officials are already establishing a network of volunteers in each class and geographical area who will be ready to comb their classmates for money the moment the drive officially opens--perhaps after a two-day or longer stopover...
Fundraisers doubt the rise of Harvard student activism on issues like South Africa will affect their drive. "We can't plan for things that we can't influence," Gibbens says. Glimp points out that alumni contributions remained steady through the period of student protests in the late '60s and early...
...meantime, the machinery awaits only the Corporation's go-ahead--and that decision may come as early as the final Corporation meeting this year, in late May or early June. Glimp says, "There won't be any surprises" when the Corporation announces its decision; and alumni can begin hitting up their classmates for money...