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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movement was started primarily to obtain lefthanded desks in Brandeis classrooms, but Gaffin said he could see the Association including "social activities, lectures, or possible affiliation with the League of Lefthanders or Lefthanders International...

Author: By Ellen M. Parker, | Title: Lefties' Rights | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

...said if state law requires the university to refund the money, Harvard could still obtain the funds by raising board fees for the second semester by an amount equal to the refund, without changing students' bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fox May Reconsider Limited Breakfasts | 10/6/1977 | See Source »

TRANSFERRING under the new system will be somewhat like applying to colleges. Like the high school student, the potential transferee must first obtain a standardized application from the Housing Office. Besides basic biographical data, they will ask for a student's concentration and which Houses the student has applied to, ranking them in order of preference. The applications also include a space for optional information. The forms do not spell out what data belongs in this spot, but it will undoubtedly be useful in the masters' choice stage of the transfer process, to be discussed later...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: A House of Your Choice | 9/28/1977 | See Source »

Still attacking, Lance seemed even more outraged at what he called Percy's "savage" suggestion in a hearing of the Senate committee on Sept. 9 that he might have backdated three checks in early Jan. 1977 in order to obtain improper tax deductions on his 1976 income tax returns. The Budget Director cited headlines linking him to tax fraud on the basis of Percy's statements. Lance convincingly explained that he had written the three checks on Dec. 31, 1976, as dated, but held them until the proceeds from a $250,000 sale of stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Lance Comes Out Swinging | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...five-year work permit idea, insists Alberto Juarez, director of a legal aid program in East Los Angeles, "we will be lulling people into a situation where we will face massive deportations." Hispanic leaders want general amnesty for all illegal aliens-or at least the right for those who obtain the five-year work permits to apply for citizenship. Carter aides, however, foresee no roundup at the end of the period, which would begin with passage of the bill. They predict further legislation that might allow those with work permits to remain indefinitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Alienating the Aliens | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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