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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...potato. Something like a potato. A '50s word for potato. Nobody uses it today except once, a while ago, some writers on Saturday Night Live wrote a jingle about Spud Beer, brewed from Idaho potatoes. Devo (Are We Not Men?) likes spuds, (they play a unique brand of "spud rock"), and so, obviously, does a new and soon-to-be-famous group that is coming to Boston soon. Their name: Spud City. I guess they know what spuds are. Watch them bake at Who's on First tomorrow night, a club without a phone number or any publicized address. Getting...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Beyond the Potato | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

During its first session, the student assembly had no problem in passing numerous resolutions indignantly calling for change. The assembly called for a boycott of Nestle products in the dining halls, resolved that the name of the Engelhard library should be changed, demanded that the Corporation live up to its commitments on shareholder responsibility, and recommended that the boycott of CRR remain in force until the Faculty Council agreed to certain reforms. As the term progressed, the assembly passed resolutions dealing with Hispanic studies, the tuition increase, alternative meal plans, and, lest we forget, toilet paper...

Author: By David Lakhdir, | Title: Student Assembly: What Next | 2/28/1979 | See Source »

...England is a nice country to live in if you have the time and money," she said, but added, "If you're just going to study, why go over there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Seniors Win Marshalls, Will Study in United Kingdom | 2/27/1979 | See Source »

...honestly wants to slow Mexican immigration, it will need to cooperate with Mexico to help it improve its internal economic conditions. As of now, a quarter of the Mexican work force is unemployed, and another quarter doesn't make enough to live decently. And as long as this situation worsens, Mexicans will continue to cross the border in ever increasing numbers, lured by jobs and higher wages...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: South of the Border | 2/27/1979 | See Source »

Asimov's Guide to Science (Basic Books, $17.95 hard-cover). One of the byproducts of scientific advance is the widening chasm between specialists and laymen. Indeed, even those who live in the research laboratory are likely to get lost when they leave their own rooms. This work is a flashlight that can help keep everyone from stumbling around in the dark. The author knows his way around the physical and biological sciences, and he manages to set a pace that will neither intimidate beginners nor cause those with a little knowledge to yawn. Science Authority Asimov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Makes Isaac Write? | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

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