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Word: majority (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Still, the Science Center will eventually put a major strain on the university's budget," Law said, adding, "we spend a lot of time worrying about that...

Author: By David A. Vicinanzo, | Title: Architects Honor Structure of Science Center | 4/11/1979 | See Source »

Surprisingly enough, it is possible to trace playing golf on the ice back to a distant origin. Samuel Parrish, one of the founders of Shinnecock Golf Club in Southampton, Long Island wrote: "One winter's day in the '90s Major Morton and myself went over to Lake Agawam to hit a few balls around on the ice. The Major suggested that I make an attempt to break all records for driving a golf ball. We selected a suitable spot and I managed to hit a good one which, with a strong wind, carried to the ice and, once...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The First Swing of Spring | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

Still, gasohol has its drawbacks and detractors, notably among the major oil companies. The Agriculture Department, critics note, estimates that it takes more energy to grow and harvest the grain and distill the alcohol from it than the alcohol produces when burned. For every 4 B.T.U.s of energy that are used to make alcohol, only 2.5 B.T.U.s are generated. Advocates argue that is not the point. Alcohol, they say, offers a way to boost stockpiles of liquid fuels, which are all that can be used in autos and which are in shortest supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rediscovering Home-Grown Fuel | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Luscious ("Luke") Easter, 63, big (6 ft. 4½ in.), fence-busting first baseman for the Cleveland Indians (1949-54) and one of the first blacks to play in baseball's major leagues; of gunshot wounds inflicted by two robbers who shot him as he left a bank with the payroll for his co-workers at the TRW Inc. plant where he was a union steward; in Euclid, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 9, 1979 | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...desires, and view, have not been a major consideration in decisions made between items, i.e. "budgetary tradeoffs". Since we as students are the primary consumers, it is our right to be a part of this decision process, and to be aware of how our money is being spent. CHUL's involvement in the decision-making process is presently very limited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Participation in Budget Process | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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