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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Festivities had been in full swing for three days prior to The Game and by the time I arrived to board the bus to Mecca (Schaefer Stadium) I felt a little like a fish out of water. I, unlike the 60,000 other pilgrims, was sober...
...today and all week (except Thursday) from 2-5 p.m. and today and Sunday from 7-9 p.m. After shaking your hand vigorously in the Glee Club tradition, F. John Adams will probably ask you to sing some scales and sightread something while he plays along at the piano. Prior experience and a mellifluous voice aren't necessary; some amount of musical sense is. The Glee Club only accepts men, the Choral Society women, the Collegium Musicum both. Various of these choruses will be performing in Symphony Hall (Beet-hoven's 9th with the BSO and Seiji Ozawa), Buffalo (Stravinsky...
According to Arthurs, creation of the Office of Undergraduate Affairs was discussed in University Hall prior to the publication of the Strauch Report, but, she says, "I'm not at all sure the deanship would have materialized so quickly if changes hadn't been taking place in other parts of the University." While she admits she's been sensitive to the possibility that some feelings in University Hall may have been hurt by the news of her appointment, she says so far "people have been quite cordial" and she anticipates no great difficulties in working with anyone in the administration...
...body to inspect the political prisons? What about travel rights for Cuban Americans separated from their families in Cuba? These issues require satisfactory answers and are the basis of a resolution I am co-sponsoring with Senator Richard Stone of Florida calling for advice and consent of the Senate prior to any change in our Cuba policy...
...fact, dilatancy seems to explain virtually all the strange effects observed prior to earthquakes. As cracks open in rock, the rock's electrical resistance rises because air is not a good conductor of electricity. The cracks also increase the surface area of rock exposed to water; the water thus comes in contact with more radioactive material and absorbs more radon-a radioactive gas that the Soviet scientists had noticed in increased quantities in Garm-area wells. In addition, because the cracking of the rock increases its volume, dilatancy can account for the crustal uplift and tilting that precedes some...