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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Controversy and mix-ups marred the Student Assembly elections this week, and only the Coalition for a Democratic University (CDU) emerged unscathed. The CDU, the assembly's first political party, captured more than a third of the assembly's 96 seats and a small power base...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: A Shaky Beginning | 2/17/1979 | See Source »

...humanely, without illusions or cynicism, the record of nationalism and imperialism, the legacy of colonial empires, the rise of new nations, the prospects of international organizations. Above all, he was an example of perfect harmony between life and work, character and deeds. He was a gentleman, with a mix of reserve and sensitivity, an utter lack of pretension, a matter-of-fact modesty, a curiosity about all ranges of experience, an attention to other people's thoughts and feelings, an absence of prejudices but not of standards, that made him an inspiration and a model for his students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Fine Man Lost | 2/13/1979 | See Source »

...alcoholic author, a chronicler of middle-class American life in books like Main Street and Babbitt. She was a foreign correspondent. They married in 1928, Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson, and soon found that their temperaments didn't mix. Now the story of their stormy relationship will be told in Strangers, opening March 4 on Broadway. "Thompson was a great, great force in American life and, along with Eleanor Roosevelt, the most successful woman in the U.S.," says Lois Nettleton, who will play the challenging role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 12, 1979 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...world from the likes of Doctor Octopus or the Vulture, Spider-Man, for instance, worries about more humdrum problems-like his dandruff and allergy attacks and how he is going to get a date. Dr. David Bruce Banner, the mild-mannered physicist, agonizes over his uncontrollable "hulkouts." This mix of fantasy and foibles zapped teenagers, and by the mid-'70s, Marvel had become the world's largest comic book company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Marvels of The Mind | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Warnke can argue the numbers of missiles and nuclear warheads. He sees the U.S. as the overall equal to the Soviet Union, though the two have a different mix of weapons. He has little doubt that without the treaty both nations would be forced to arm faster. But a compelling part of his message has nothing to do with hardware and dollar signs. It is, finally, the human assessment of those men who guide the Soviet Union. With inoculations of suspicion and skepticism, Warnke has approached what he regards as a moment of truth. Though the Soviets remain unruly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: On Trusting the Soviets | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

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