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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well managed, energetic campaign, few experts were willing to predict assuredly that she would become Britain's first woman Prime Minister. There were simply too many imponderables. One unanswered question was whether the unions were in such bad grace with the majority of voters that the open support of bosses like Evans and Weighell for Callaghan would tip the crucial swing vote in favor of the Tories. The country's rapidly growing and increasingly restive black and Asian population could be a significant factor, even though less than half of eligible minority voters had bothered to register. Since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Iron Lady vs. Sunny Jim | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...other Southern states, the higher-education campuses of North Carolina have historically been either white (eleven campuses) or black (five), a legacy of earlier "separate but equal" racial laws. Though all schools are now open to blacks and whites alike, only 6% of full-time undergraduate students at the white schools are black, while at the black schools, only 4% of such students are white. There is also a good deal of pro gram duplication at local black and white campuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: North Carolina vs. HEW | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...receive satellite signals is down from $100,000 in 1975 to as little as $12,000 today. Programming is becoming more diverse and imaginative. Indeed, the stage is set for a classic scrap for top industry positions, as befits a business in which technology, creative talent and entrepreneurial leadership open a new market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Cable TV: The Lure of Diversity | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...thing has not changed, however," Tang said, smiling. "The generosity and open-mindedness and friendliness of the American people--everywhere we go they give the best...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: High-Ranking Chinese Scientist Leads Study Group to Harvard | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

Taking no chances, the lights sprinted the last 200 meters to reach open water and squelch any Williams or Cornell hopes for a comeback...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: New Faces Pace Lights Past Cornell and Williams | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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