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David E. Cohen '80 is one-fourth of Harvard's David Cohen population. He too is plagued by wrong numbers, but he finds lists his biggest headache...

Author: By Thomas A. Mullen, | Title: Names Beguile, Befuddle, Bedevil Harvard Doubles | 12/10/1976 | See Source »

However, I would like to raise this solitary voice in tribute to a hardy clan of black professionals who sowed the seeds and laid the groundwork for the success of no less than one-fourth of the current hits on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Nov. 22, 1976 | 11/22/1976 | See Source »

...lumber and pulp. In contrast, American cottonwood, which is similar to Gmelina in quality and yield, requires at least 30 years to reach maturity. But again the Amazon proved more complex than Ludwig's experts imagined. His property contained at least two distinct types of soil, one unsuitable for Gmelina. Now about one-fourth of Ludwig's first tree forest is being planted in Caribbean pine, another fast-growing variety that can be harvested in 19 years as opposed to more than 50 years for American pine. Says one of Jari's American managers: "Mr. Ludwig doesn't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ludwig's Wild Amazon Kingdom | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

Robert L. Trivers 65, associate professor of Biology and DeVore's lecturing partner in Natural Sciences 4, "Natural Selection and Behavioral Biology," said yesterday that DeVore had been scheduled to deliver approximately one-fourth of the lectures in the course this fall, and three-fourths in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DeVore Cancellation | 10/8/1976 | See Source »

...general, the Bicentennial events in the East did not attract Westerners in overwhelming numbers. One explanation, put forth by James L. Kerrigan, president of Greyhound Lines, whose business is off 6% this summer, is that "people worried a lot about overcrowding and a possible lack of hotel space in the East." As it turned out, the fear was unjustified. One-fourth of Philadelphia's hotel rooms were unoccupied during the Fourth of July weekend; hotels in Washington and Boston were also nowhere near filled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRAVEL: Back to Wings and Wheels Again | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

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