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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The company on Monday set a 23,800-gallon limit on gas sales to the city government for December, despite repeated pleas by Cambridge officials for a more generous offering.

Author: By Richard H.P. Sia, | Title: Texaco Begins Closing Valves On Harvard, Cambridge | 12/8/1973 | See Source »

The troubles began two days earlier, when Athens students demonstrated against the convictions of five per sons who had attended a memorial service for the late Premier George Papandreou, who had headed a center-left government. Following that incident, several thousand students occupied the prestigious Polytechnic University. Barricaded inside, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Students Rise Against Papadopoulos | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

But Watergate seemed to be a decisive factor in Philadelphia, where a notable Republican incumbent, District Attorney Arlen Spector, 43, was defeated by a Democratic virtual unknown, Attorney F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, 43. A popular campaigner who was slated for higher office, Spector had the backing of Philadelphia's Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: The Democrats Pre-Empt the Middle | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

Such an impasse could lead to a complete perversion of justice in the varied Watergate crimes. The Watergate figures who have cooperated with prosecutors, admitted some of their own illegal acts and already entered guilty pleas, could wind up as the only principals to face punishment. Thus John Dean, Jeb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Richard Nixon Stumbles to the Brink | 10/29/1973 | See Source »

But as the Agnew affair recedes, the court actions surrounding Watergate will bring that scandal back to center stage. Last week the grand jury directed by Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox returned its first indictment; there undoubtedly will be many more, with trials or guilty pleas to follow. The tapes decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Week of Shocks | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

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