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Although the military interest was paramount, the concern in both Washington and Ottawa over the hazards from runaway space vehicles was also genuine. At his press conference last week, President Carter said he would take up with Moscow his idea that nations using earth-orbiting nuclear-powered satellites should either agree to install "much more advanced safety precautions" or simply stop launching them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Hot Spots in the Land of Sticks | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

Coach "Pappy Hunt" was apprehensive before leaving on the trip, and he said last night the runaway victory was a surprise. "We really creamed 'em," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Track Team Sweeps Bates | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...chief villain, besides war and the threat of war, is a runaway population. Although there are 2,500 birth-control clinics in Egypt, family planning programs in rural areas have been unsuccessful for reasons that are all too familiar in developing nations: lack of education, religious constraints and popular feelings that in large families children are a potential source of income. If the present annual population increase (2.3%) continues, demographers fear that Egypt will have between 60 million and 80 million people by the year 2000. Food production, which spurted after the completion of the Soviet-financed Aswan High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: The Gift of the River Nile | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

Turnovers, missed free throws and poor defense by the Harvard women's basketball squad turned a first half 30-11 runaway into an absurd 57-53 double overtime victory over Northeastern last night...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: 'Cliffe Cagers Whip Huskies, 57-53 | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard indoor track team christened its glittering new facility last night by shellacking Boston University, 91-45. The Crimson delighted the full house at their first meet of the season by turning what started out as a close meet into a total runaway...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Indoor Track Team Buries B.U., 91-45 | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

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