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Word: locationer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before noon five Communist tanks, a dozen armored personnel carriers and truckloads of green-uniformed troops who wore helmets inscribed TIEN VI SAIGON?Onward to Saigon?swept down Unity Boulevard to the presidential palace. The gates had been left ajar, but one tank, followed by several others, smashed through the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: The End of a Thirty Years' War | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

Guam was not the U.S. Government's first choice. A far more convenient location was Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, where the first 10,000 evacuees from South Viet Nam were processed. But a day after the big influx began, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos let it be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indo-china: Troubled Trips to Safety | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

He states, "Furthermore, quotas completely overlook merit where it should be the basis for consideration." There can be no question of merit in deciding if different racial groups should have equal opportunities for quality education in public facilities. This is a self-evident constitutional guarantee. Anyway, the case in Boston...

Author: By Brian Bohn, | Title: Busing: The Best Available Means | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

In this time of economic insecurity, the University is certainly in no position to weaken its financial base. But it has already recognized that the base of contributions must be widened. This is precisely the time to appeal to alumnae/I for funds, not on the basis of class identity, but...

Author: By Nancy Toff, | Title: Housing: Segregating freshmen and sophomores could ghetto-ize the House system | 4/22/1975 | See Source »

I never found either my high school principal or cliches terribly insightful, but this metaphor seems strangely applicable to Harvard. Its educational ocean is filled with more than the normal complement of sharks and barracuda, electric eels and suckers: and to most people, just how they will find their place...

Author: By Richard J. Meislin, | Title: Little Fish in a Big Pond | 4/22/1975 | See Source »

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