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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The commission compares this idea to the imposition of fees on corporations which use federal land for grazing, timbering or running ski resorts. An analogy is made to the right to drill for oil off-shore: "What's good for America's oil companies is good for America's commercial...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A Little Too Scalpel Happy | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

Needless to say, proposed increases in federal funding have not gone unchallenged. Familiar arguments about the cultural elitism of public television have been dredged up. "When working-class Americans are being pitched off Amtrak passenger trains to save a few bucks," notes former White House speechwriter Pat Buchanan, "it approaches...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A Little Too Scalpel Happy | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

THE information exchange did take place, despite all the sound and fury, and the results are fascinating. Often Harvard tells us our suggestions are completely impracticable, while innovations such as alternate meal plans, programs for study abroad, relaxed academic regulations and in creased student participation in administrative decisions have already...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Philadelphia Story | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

Enriquez said "The Event" will sponsor about 20 games. One game involves two blindfolded people building a clay sculpture of an animal without speaking to each other, and another requires one person to fall off a five foot wall backwards into other group members' arms.

Author: By Steven J. Sampson, | Title: Students Plan 'Group-Oriented' Games To Ease Freshman Week Adjustment | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

Side Two consists of two thoughtfully reworked Mingus standards and a poignant new ballad that surely ranks among his best. "Devil Woman" was first recorded in 1961; it is basically a slow blues, but this arrangement takes so many unexpected rhythmic turns that the performance required the composer's help...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: Welcome Back, Charles | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

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