Word: popular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They replaced Economics 1500, "Financial Accounting," Natural Sciences 3, "Introduction to Chemistry," and Natural Sciences 6, "Organismic and Evolutionary Biology" which had been among the ten most popular courses last last year...
...disc includes the standard rocker, this time a Chuck Berry tune called "Back in the U.S.A." With guitarist Waddy Wachtel supplying the characteristic riffs that made Berry's mid-fifties music so popular, the track has become an AM/FM hit single, a sure-fire get-up-and-boogie rocker. But it lacks the power of "Tumbling Dice" or the throaty intensity of "Heat Wave." The song is thin throughout and doesn't hold its own among the other works on this album...
Many passengers arose as early as 5:30 a.m. in the Sacramento area to catch PSA Flight 182, a popular 7 a.m. commuter run for state officials and businessmen with errands in the California capital, Los Angeles or San Diego. With Captain McFeron, 45, a 17-year veteran PSA pilot with 14,382 flying hours in his log, at the controls, the flight landed uneventfully in Los Angeles with its 130 passengers. There 102 lucky travelers got off, but an unfortunate 100 boarded the plane for its 35-minute southward leg to San Diego. In addition to a crew...
...could cause Begin trouble at home, although the Premier now has strong support from Israelis, 82% of whom, according to one poll, "absolutely believe" that peace with Egypt will occur within a year. Apart from a small number of dissidents who oppose any dealings with Israel, Sadat also has popular backing at home. Even conservative Muslims, reported TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn, consider that "it is right to have peace with people of the book," as Jews and Christians are also considered by Islamic scholars. Cairo's strategy, as a result, will be to proceed unilaterally with peace...
...California courts"; by November a coalition of Bird hunters will have spent upwards of $600,000 on a campaign to clip the judge's wings. Late last week, Bird's chances of hanging on improved somewhat when the State Supreme Court approved the constitutionality of Proposition 13, the highly popular tax-cut measure...