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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...RESURGENCE of ROTC programs, coupled with the possible return of the draft, casts a different and rather chilling light on the computer games that go down in SAGA's Pentagon office. Games may be fun, but they lose a great deal of their appeal when some of the contestants decide to play for keeps. That is exactly what could happen when the Pentagon brass realize they do not have to fool around with numbers anymore, because all of assudden they have the boys back in uniform. MacNamara and Bundy may be gone, but no one has to tell the Joint...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Gamesmanship | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

...tension inside the bomb shelter seems almost as charged as the rocket fire outside. The volunteers pass around a few communal cigarettes, wishing aloud they were smoking something stronger. I try to count the number of Palestinian rockets that are being fired at us, but after a while I lose track and give...

Author: By Mark A. Feldstein, | Title: Life Within the Bunker | 5/10/1978 | See Source »

STICKWOMEN LOSE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday at Yale... | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...larger head. So? What big blue eyes she has and what an alluring Gioconda half-smile, all the better to be seen clearly from the third balcony. And those long arms and legs: Should they not be attached to a bigger body? In motion, Gelsey's torso seems to lose what little substance it has. Mass is translated into a continuum of grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: U.S. Ballet Soars | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Ditzler and Pierpont cut down one squad from Dartmouth, 6-3, 6-3 in the semis only to lose to another Big Green team in the finals. In a contest that was a lot closer than the score indicates, Ditzler and Pierpont succumbed to the top seeds of the tournament, Jody Awad and Thayer Wendell...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Netwomen Second In Seven Sisters Tourney; Dartmouth Captures Singles, Doubles Crowns | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

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