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Word: majority (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Paul Gorenstein, lecturer on astronomy, said he expects HEAO-B to "Make major contributions not only to X-Ray astronomy but to astronomy in general...

Author: By James G. Hers hberg, | Title: Harvard Astronomers Hope New Satellite Will Succeed | 11/9/1978 | See Source »

...only major upset in the House races was the victory of Michael J. Barrett over Rep. Nile Nordberg (R-Reading), who had co-authored the unsuccessful Proposition 21/2 tax cut plan, cloned from California's Proposition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Democrats Handily Maintain Control On Beacon Hill | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...remember home, or what it was, like? What if you can't remember when, where, or if you were married? In a minor key, this translates into not remembering if you have eaten, eating three meals, and throwing up on a spotless Abe Beame. In a major key, it means insisting the man who is your father really died in the Boston subway fire of 1942. Either way, it's a hell of a note...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: The Caribbean Syndicalist Novel | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

Glass, therefore, does not like to use language to convey meaning. He admitted, however, that "when you're writing an opera that can be a major problem...

Author: By Maxine S. Pfeffer, | Title: Glass Talks About His Music | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

ROBERT BRUSTEIN'S possible appointment to head the Loeb Drama Center should be hailed as a major opportunity for the improvement of performing arts at Harvard, despite understandable student concern over Brustein's commitment to undergraduate drama. The negotiations between Harvard's administration and Brustein may have more to do with Brustein's stature in the academic and professional community than with any great desire on the administration's part for a more vigorous theater program. But whatever the reason, Brustein could provide an exciting antidote for the Loeb blahs of the past few decades--and the repertory company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Brustein Affair | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

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