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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Trouble with border officials can still seriously disrupt a man's life. Take the case of Terrence Walsh, who now works as an American customs inspector himself, and once was employed by the Butterfield Co., an industrial cutting tool factory which is the town's major employer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Partly in Vermont: A Borderline Case | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

Peter Tosh--Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge. Telephone 864-4580. Aug. 24, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. $7.50 advance tickets. $9 day of show. Available at major ticket outlets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: around town | 8/10/1979 | See Source »

...central role is that of Prospero, the play's Grand Puppeteer, which was highly suited to the talents of Richard Burbage, for whom Shakespeare fashioned his Richard III, Hamlet, Othello, Lear and other major parts. The role is more than three times as long as any other in the play, and the character has been thought to stand for God, Jesus, Fate, Justice, Art, Intellect, the Ideal Ruler, the Colonizer, the Grumpy Old Man, and a host of other things including Shakespeare himself...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Serving the Eye Better than the Ear | 8/7/1979 | See Source »

...again in mid-June. A settlement was finally reached on June 18. Both sides now agreed to drop all discussion about the rent increase, accepting whatever the examiner decided, and gradually implementing the increase in steps. Harvard agreed not to raise the rent until March 26, 1981, unless a major capital expense is required. Harvard dropped their eviction threat and paid tenants varying rebatements. All tenants dropped their right to protest violations which had occured in the past...

Author: By Jonathan D. Rabinovitz, | Title: Would You Rent an Apartment From Harvard University? | 8/7/1979 | See Source »

...Soviets are approaching the Olympic challenge much as the ancient pharaohs went about building pyramids, with single-minded intensity and a cast of thousands. A total of 99 construction projects, either new buildings or major re-buildings, have been undertaken in connection with the games. Of these, 76 are in Moscow, where the competition is centered. The rest are spread among the four other Olympic cities-Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk and Tallinn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Warming Up for the 1980 Olympics | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

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