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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they knew way too much--it was boring correcting their papers. Feel sorry for us? Well, you shouldn't, because most of the answers we received were weird enough to challenge a Ray Stevens number. Let's check some of them out (the names have remained the same to nail the innocent...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: 'Disk Frisk' Entries More Bizarre Than Questions | 1/26/1977 | See Source »

...local colleges in the hope that shared experiences would improve educational quality, he paired Harvard with Roxbury. Joyce Grant, director of the Roxbury/Harvard Project, which coordinates the pairing, remembers the raised hopes. "People thought Harvard could somehow swoop in and take care of business," she said last week. Charles Ray, Roxbury High headmaster, said people thought Harvard had unlimited funds, and forgot Harvard has a budget, too. After three semesters of operation, a program has emerged that Grant and Ray think is in line with realistic expectations...

Author: By Warren W. Ludwig, | Title: Roxbury/Harvard | 1/26/1977 | See Source »

Your choice of Jimmy Carter as Man of the Year was inevitable, thank heavens, since our national soul deserves a purging and another ray of hope. However, the story ignored the significant role Rosalynn Carter has had in the life, campaign and election of her husband. This woman will show us all the real meaning of women's liberation, for both Carters will use Jimmy's position for the welfare of humanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 24, 1977 | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

Secretary of State-designate Cyrus Vance admitted that U.S. involvement in Viet Nam had been "a mistake" and that he, as the Pentagon's No. 2 official in the mid-'60s, had made "more than my share of mistakes." Incoming Labor Secretary F. Ray Marshall revealed that he had urged an economic stimulus package with a much greater emphasis on Government support of jobs than the plan approved by Carter. Fiery Patricia Harris, HUD nominee, rebuked Senator William Proxmire for challenging her qualifications to represent the poor who need housing help. "I am a black woman," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: Surprises and Sparks on the Hill | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...goal the council had in mind was cutting unemployment by 1½ percentage points this year; to do that, the labor leaders want a stimulus of as much as $30 billion in 1977 alone, with most of the money going directly to federal job programs. Most surprising, F. Ray Marshall, who is Carter's own choice to be Secretary of Labor, called the plan too small and weighted too heavily toward tax cuts ($10 billion to $14 billion of the stimulus this fiscal year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: Carter's Plan: Criticized, but Flexible | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

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