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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recently returned observor said last week, noting "there are checkpoints virtually everywhere." Scattered reports indicate that people are dying (mostly at the hands of the 10,000 member American-trained Guard) at the rate of five or six per day. The victims range from the scores of young men who have been picked up by the Guard only to turn up lifeless on some roadside the next morning, to the five children who tried two weeks ago to stage a hunger strike in support of the opposition to General Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the President and dictator, to the guy from...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Nicaragua: La Lucha Continua | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...words of coach Ben Zivkovic, "A lot of bouts given away and a lot of bouts taken away [by the officials]" kept the Harvard men's fencing team back in 11th place among the 13 teams that competed Saturday and Sunday in the ECAC fencing tournament...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Princeton Fencers Win ECACs | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...scene was Mayslack's Polka Lounge in Minneapolis. The 67 Harvard men stood before the proud but bewildered Stan Mayslack, former professional wrestler, and the overflow crowd of lunchtime patrons. "Not since the second Dempsey-Tunney fight has a rematch been so feverishly demanded," wrote a local columnist. Four years earlier, the Glee Club had entertained Mayslack and his customers with Renaissance lamentations, and they were back for a return bout. Conductor F. John Adams '66, beer in hand, led the group in Harvard fight songs, and the noontime throng loved...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: The Harvard Glee Club: Life After F. John Adams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...than it is today, with up to 150 members. "Then there was a freshman Glee Club and an upperclass Glee Club," Robert L. Holz '80 said. "Each performed as separate bodies. Each had its own management; they even cut separate records." In the early '70s, as the number of men in the College dropped due to increased female admissions, officials decided to merge the two groups and reduce the number of members...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: The Harvard Glee Club: Life After F. John Adams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...Glee Club's future plans include a tour down the coast to Florida over spring break. The group will sing seven concerts and one church service, according to Richard Kvam '79, club manager. April 13-15, the group will sponsor the Annual Festival of Men's Choruses, featuring the Glee Club and guest groups from the University of Illinois at Urbana and Union College in New York. David E. Wheadon '79, president of the Glee Club, said the club will release a record of Christmas songs in the near future. The club will not go on a major tour again...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: The Harvard Glee Club: Life After F. John Adams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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