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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well as trying to solve the tenure mystery, the committee will have to face a largely hostile and suspicious group of student concentrators, who point to the University's poor performance in strengthening Afro-Am over the last decade as proof of its intent to undermine the department. The creation of an executive committee doesn't assuage these students' fears. "I don't see anyone on the committee who is a real ally of Afro-American Studies," Brutus says. "These people have a mainstream perspective," he adds. And Daniel Robinson '79, a former concentrator, says, "I am skeptical...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

British Races You, as you show in your story on Britain's multiracial society [;Aug. 27], like Hitler, have not understood the solid British character. All of us, browns, pinks, blacks, whites and any other color that is relevant to you, will give proof of our love and loyalty to our country when the time comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 10, 1979 | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...this was highly exciting news to the nearly 600 physicists from 38 countries gathered at the Fermi accelerator. If gluons really exist, they are the first strong proof of an esoteric yet extremely important new physical theory called quantum chromo dynamics, or QCD. Although more experimental work will be necessary to establish the existence of gluons, already some bold theorists are using QCD in an ambitious attempt to succeed by other means where Einstein failed. That could eventually mean a union of all four of nature's basic forces -gravitation, electromagnetism and the nuclear strong and weak forces. Predicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To Catch a Fleeting Gluon | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...Masterpiece Theater." In this two-part series, the season's opener, they share the pleasure of revealing one of France's best-kept secrets: Jean-Paul Sartre is a very funny man. Kean, which he wrote for the Paris stage 25 years ago, is the proof. Loosely based on the life of Britain's great 19th century actor, Edmund Kean, it can only be described as an existential farce, a humorous assault on both head and heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KEAN: Sartre's Secret | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

Compared with past downturns, some of the current cutting is following unusual patterns. In previous recessions, forms of entertainment and diversion such as books, records and movies flourished during hard times because they were relatively inexpensive. But they are no longer so cheap, and therefore no longer recession-proof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Consumers in a Squeeze | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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