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...first camp, was located at Baise in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, some 60 miles north of the Vietnamese border. At first sight, reported one of the English-language journalists present, Nigel Wade of the London Daily Telegraph, it resembled nothing so much as a busy secondary school during recess. Prisoners in Chinese-supplied blue suits and caps were playing soccer, badminton and tug-of-war. The food seemed plentiful and nutritious. There was no barbed wire or watchtower, and only one visible armed sentry, at the main gate. The only indication of confinement was a 6-ft.-high brick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Battle of Words Continues | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...Radcliffe Forum recently offered 35 students, 15 more than last year, a chance to observe the professional work of Radcliffe alumnae in the spring "externship" program during the spring recess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Forum Selects 35 'Externs': Students to Help Alumnae This Spring | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

After a not-so-relaxing three week recess, the Harvard track team will face six other colleges in the Greater Boston Championships starting tonight at 7:30 p.m. and continuing tomorrow...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Tracksters Out for Revenge at GBCs | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

...have three or four options," Whitla said. "We could recommend difficult make-up exams, or we could schedule them for unattractive times, like spring recess or Thanksgiving," Whitla said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Official Says Sickouts Up 14 Per Cent | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

...protocol would lapse in 1980, a deadline that would not raise too many objections at the Pentagon. The U.S. has offered a compromise, June 30, 1981, but the matter remains unresolved. Unable to settle these and a few other issues, Vance and Gromyko had no choice but to recess the talks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Why Moscow Stalled SALT | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

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