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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...exactly the way one from a highly competitive school is treated; the kinds of statistics are different. "A candidate can come out of DeWitt Clinton, a tough school in the Bronx, New York, and be first in his class and have a 290 verbal," one admissions officer said, "so rank in class generally doesn't tell you anything out of ghetto schools...

Author: By Audrey H. Ingber and Mark J. Penn, S | Title: The Admissions Process: Target Figures, Profiles, Political Admits... | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

STANLEY K. HATHAWAY is no household name today, except in Wyoming where he was governor from 1966 to 1974. But give the man a successful confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate and a few months as Secretary of Interior and his recognition level should rank alongside that of other cabinet greats, like Agriculture's Earl Butz and the recently-departed Attorney General William Saxbe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Danger from Within | 4/23/1975 | See Source »

...proposal by the rank and file committee of the 550 Harvard members of local 186 of the Cooks and Pastry Cooks Association calls for a new one year contract with a 50-cent-per-hour across-the-board raise for all Harvard dining hall workers...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Dining Hall Workers to Ask For 50-Cent-an-Hour Raise | 4/22/1975 | See Source »

...statement accompanying the proposals, the union's rank and file committee said. "We are not greedy, but we do want to make things better for ouselves and our families. We cannot afford to fall behind the cost of living...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Dining Hall Workers to Ask For 50-Cent-an-Hour Raise | 4/22/1975 | See Source »

...that the bombing was not the prelude to a coup or an attack on the palace, the curfew was lifted after six hours. Meanwhile, according to Communist spokesmen, Lieut. Trung safely landed his plane at an undisclosed airfield controlled by the NVA. There he was welcomed, promoted to the rank of captain, and awarded the "Liberation Distinguished Service Order Second Class." Apparently Trung's attack on Thieu was motivated by personal reasons; he was said to be very depressed that his family had been unable to escape from Danang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: The Communists Tighten the Noose | 4/21/1975 | See Source »

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