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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economy, which is already in the midst of an extremely healthy growth period, would probably pick up yet a bit more quickly on the psychological lifting power of a rise in consumer confidence. That in turn might light up Wall Street. The key Dow Jones industrial average after all has jumped following every wisp of a peace rumor for years. Yet strangely last week, when peace seemed closer than ever, the Dow Jones rose less than four points; the most plausible explanation that brokers could offer was that investors had largely discounted a settlement in advance. Brokers remain optimistic, agreeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Where Did the Peace Dividend Go? | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...Endzone snap out of his 40 per cent completion average blues? Did Teen Angel have a chance when he went back for his girl's high school ring? PRINCETON-BROWN -- I went to school with Princeton's fullback, Romerio Perkins. He used to fumble the way Marv Throneberry dropped pick-off throws to first, Now he plays in the worst Princeton backfield since the days of the Flying Wedge, and on a Princeton team with an excellent chance to lose to Brown for the first time in 18 years. The New York Times won't be double teaming this...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: The Ballad of Endzone Crone | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING in New York to cover President Nixon's Veterans Day motorcade through Westchester County, I went to the Hotel Roosevelt Headquarters of the New York Committee to Re-Elect the President to pick up my credentials from the Secret Service. Being a student newsman, and thus twice damned as far as the Nixon people were concerned, I had some trouble getting a press card; I passed the time wandering around the NYCREEP headquarters...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: How to Re-Elect an Armadillo | 11/3/1972 | See Source »

...SOCIALIST WORKERS Party is trying again this year Two years ago its Boston mayoral candidate, John Powers, got 1700 votes. With a presidential ticket on the ballot in 25 states, and candidates here for the U.S. Senate and two Congressional seats, the SWP hopes to pick up "quite a few votes." Powers, now the Eighth District Congressional candidate, said last week...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Socialist Fish in a Capitalist Sea | 11/3/1972 | See Source »

Graduate students may pick up copies of Dean Dunlop's memo to department chairmen concerning job placement procedures in University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOB PLACEMENT | 11/1/1972 | See Source »

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