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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Certainly most of Harvard '71 would have little trouble talking with an alumnus such as Eliot Hirshberg whose "pet political aversion is Richard Nixon, followed closely by his friend, John Mitchell." Or Robert Conrod, who wrote: "I loathe and strongly regret the Vietnam War as immoral, illegal, evil, hateful, disgraceful, contemptible, racist, and entirely unworthy of the United States as a nation. I am proud that my three sons have been intelligent and courageous enough to avoid any participation...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Do 50 Years Really Make a Difference? | 6/15/1971 | See Source »

...Angeles County district attorney's office. He developed a powerful aversion to the drug trade and took to riding around with the police, helping them bust drug dealers. Last year he and a bartender friend beat up a man after an argument over the treatment of a pet dog. Though Murphy was acquitted on a charge of attempted murder, the incident marked the depths to which he had fallen. Audie Murphy belonged to an earlier, simpler time, one in which bravery was cardinal and killing was a virtue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: To Hell and Not Quite Back | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

Dogs barked, cats hissed, turtles raced and gerbils skittered all over Ethel Kennedy's Hickory Hill. The 13th annual pet show for the benefit of Northwest Settlement House (admission $3.50) was making the welkin ring with the help of highly amplified announcements by Humorist Art Buchwald, in full ringmaster's regalia. Seven of Ethel's eleven offspring were on hand, and so was Uncle Ted-Ted Kennedy, the painter, that is. Next day, his painting Red Shack brought the high bid of $3,000 at an art auction in Boston for the benefit of the Kennedy Library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 7, 1971 | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

Frondel was also a member of the Preliminary Examination Team (PET) for Apollo 11 and 12. The PET is made up of scientists who have a broad knowledge of geology and are familiar with the various techniques of mineral identification and characterization...

Author: By Huntington Potter, | Title: The Moon Comes to Harvard-Cheese or Granite? | 6/2/1971 | See Source »

...wife, as Mrs. Jones skillfully mars the word Kuddle with her paddle. In Delaware, Jones accidentally splits his wife's scalp with an anchor, and later nearly comes to grief against a drawbridge as a guest on a Chinese junk manned by incompetents and flying a masturbating pet monkey from its masthead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Merrily, Merrily | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

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