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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assessing political currents, Washington Governor Dixy Lee Ray also knows about the ripples on a river. For her third vacation day since taking office last January (the first two were spent fishing), the outdoors-loving Governor paddled down the Yakima River. The party of 27, including Ray's gray poodle Jacques, required four large rafts and enjoyed a luncheon of barbecued beef, avocados stuffed with shrimp, and champagne. "It was really pleasant, floating past basalt cliffs covered with lichen and watching the swallows," says Ray, 63. But near the end, the Governor got the old competitive urge and suggested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 10, 1977 | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard's administrators thought the contract dispute was only a reaction to Gorski's sandpapery personality they were clearly wrong. Even after Wyatt named William A. Lee, a personnel administrator in Buildings and Grounds, as acting chief in April, the talks still broke down more often than a soap-opera heroine and still show all the signs of clinical death. As last summer wore on, with both sides trading charges and the new contract still unsigned, it became evident that the real question was far more basic than mere personalities: Given Harvard's firm commitment to a force organized along...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Gorski Left His Marks | 10/7/1977 | See Source »

Certainly the police administration shows few signs of wavering in its new approach. "If Chief Gorski came through the door today, he would see the department being run the same way as when he left," Lawrence J. Fennelly, an agent in the crime prevention unit, says. Indeed Lee, who had no police experience before taking over the department, says his technique of handling his new job has been to supervise the supervisors: to let the assistants who came in with Gorski, and who clearly think like him, to decide many substantive issues. "They have the title, so let's give...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Gorski Left His Marks | 10/7/1977 | See Source »

...Lee Nelson goal with 7:31 gone in the second overtime decided the defensive struggle. Nelson dribbled past the UMass goalie and rolled the ball into the net for the clincher. Bob Carey was credited with the assist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Soccer Upsets Third-Rated UMass, 2-1 | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

Freshman Walter Diaz's header, which set Lee Nelson up with a breakaway goal for a 2-1 lead, and Nelson's heel flick to freshman Michael Smith breaking toward the net are two plays that come to mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Happened, Andy? Where Is Dave Schultz? | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

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