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Munter has been in Harvard Square with his large "Save the Boat People" sign for seven out of the last 14 days. "I'll be doing it until they're picked up out of the ocean or the monsoon hits," he said yesterday...

Author: By Steven Waldman, | Title: Oxfam to Sponsor A Running Event To Aid Refugees | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

...Massachusetts. And New York and California are both set at 35-to-1," Jackie Gaughan of the EI Cortez Hotel said yesterday. "One man bet $500 on Wisconsin at 40-to-1. I'm predicting that on July 11 at 11 a.m. EDT, it will hit the Pacific Ocean...

Author: By Gary G. Curtis, | Title: Skylab's Orbit Crosses Boston Area Tomorrow | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

David Akin, an MIT research assistant at Space Lab Systems, said yesterday he thinks it will land in the Atlantic Ocean. He added, "I think it's a crying shame that it has to come down before scheduled. Solar flares expanded the atmosphere and the air molecules accelerated Skylab's descent. It shows that we don't know everything about...

Author: By Gary G. Curtis, | Title: Skylab's Orbit Crosses Boston Area Tomorrow | 7/10/1979 | See Source »

...third and most modest moratorium call has been submitted by the Seychelles, an archipelago 1,000 miles off Africa's eastern coast. The young nation wants a three-year ban on all sperm whaling. It is also asking for creation of a whaling sanctuary in the Indian Ocean, where all species would be protected. The suggestion, given the best chance of passing, would allow scientists to test what many marine biologists regard as shaky thinking behind the IWC's current quotas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Whale of a War off Iceland | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

...twin, my sprinting shadow on yellow shag, wand of summer over my head, it seems that we could run forever while the strong waves crash. But the sun takes its belly under. Flashing above magnetic peaks of the ocean's purple heave, the gannet climbs, and turning, turns to a black sword that drops, hilt-down, to the deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Four Poets and Their Songs | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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