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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...respect--the emergence of the student vote. College students have been eligible to vote in the past three Cambridge elections, a privilege only a few have ever exercised. But students registering for classes this fall found they could also register to vote in Cambridge--even if they hadn't paid their term bills. Many went ahead and registered. After all, "students will sign anything. They just won't take the time to vote," as conservative councilor Walter Sullivan once pointed...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Counting Change in Cambridge | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy, nephew of former councilor John D. Lynch, also ran a strong campaign. He had to--many feared the revelation that he hadn't paid his property taxes for a recent year might cost his seat. But, in what one observer called the "phenomenon of the embattled independent," his North Cambridge constituency rallied behind...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Counting Change in Cambridge | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

Reported Clark: "In a single one-hour period, I saw four dead bodies in the Sakaew camp. One was lying in the muddy track that runs down the middle of the camp, covered by a blanket. Nobody paid any attention to it. Another was that of a woman who was already in rigor mortis, her feet sticking stiffly out from the end of a yellow cloth her husband had thrown over her. The husband sat in a daze while people in the adjoining makeshift shelters not more than four feet away were going about their business of cooking, eating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...lift weights simply because they want to look better. Says Pete Grymkowski, owner of Gold's and currently Mr. World: "There's that Raquel Welch image they'd like: wide shoulders, slim waists and hips, firm and high breasts." Thirteen years of body building certainly have paid off for Christine Zane. Like Bentley, who dropped from 140 to 108 Ibs., Christine changed drastically: her shoulders got wider and she trimmed inches off her hips. Says she: "I always had a weight problem before I started training. Now I can eat all I want and stay thin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Pumping Iron, Chapter II | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Hughes recalled that the actors were paid only about $25 a week for "Da". "But I didn't do it to make money, nor did anyone else that was in it. It was a marvelous play that we wanted to be seen in," he added...

Author: By Maggie-meg Reed, | Title: Hughes Recalls Life in Theater | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

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