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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pressures on Meany to bow out had been building the past several months. The crusty autocrat was grief-stricken last March by the death of Eugenia, his wife of 59 years. Then, stepping out of a golf cart, he wrenched his knee and had a severe reaction to cortisone injections. After spending two months in the hospital and a month at home, he returned to work in August in a wheelchair. Meany was able to spend only a few hours a day in the office. "That just added to the stagnation," says an official at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Giant Retires | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Schwilck said in the past seven years the foundation's capital has declined from about $220 million to $70 million, mainly because of a reduction in the value of its stock holdings. In the same period the foundation's operating budget has declined from $12 million to $4 million, he added...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Danforth Will Cut Fellowships | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...Pope's emphasis on how Christ answers many of the questions of youth may lead Americans to think about the Roman Catholic Church--in which the average attendance at Masses has dropped about 25 per cent over the past decade, Rimkus added...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Veni, Vidi, Vici | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...Pope has tried over the past year to identify himself with people from every world, through visits to Mexico, Poland and Ireland, George H. Williams, Hollis Professor of Divinity, said this week...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Veni, Vidi, Vici | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...first play of the second half, Ferrante released a long shot from the right side of the field which dribbled past the charging Smith goalie and deflected off a Smith defensman into the open...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Women Booters Punish Smith; Ferrante Scores Hat Trick | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

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