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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When former Dean McGeorge Bundy presented the Faculty with his proposed tutorial legislation back in 1958, he warned his audience not to "underestimate the value of the tutorial program." His audience apparently paid scant attention, because last week Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty on undergraduate education, found himself before the Faculty repeating the same exhortation to what he hopes will prove a more attentive group...
...Nameless Coffeehouse isn't exactly your typical night spot either. It's been run by students on a strictly volunteer basis for over a decade. As one faithful volunteer, Don Spector '81 says, "Nobody gets paid anything for anything at the Nameless." That means that everybody chips in from the goodness of their hearts. The church donates the room, the managemetn donate their time, and the acts donate their talent, all for the sake of initiating Harvard urbanites to real live folk music...
Stiles' dedication paid off. As a sophomore, Stiles consistently hit 15-ft. 9-in. and won the majority of the local meets he entered...
OPEC would also suffer. The oil producers are paid in dollars for their exports, and since 1973 they have accumulated some $60 billion in greenbacks that are on deposit with commercial banks, principally in the London-based Eurodollar market. Billions more are invested in Treasury bills, stocks, and real estate throughout the U.S. The whole international monetary system, which has been the basis of postwar growth and prosperity, could be plunged into crisis if the banking system is swamped by a deluge of dollars...
...Spyker reports it all, creating a community from the disparate characters as well as a portrait of the narrator, an "outlander... struck more by bits of detail than the total sepia haze of the picture: by odd names or locutions, specific items and photographs that have survived, the price paid for caring...