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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sam Butler placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles and Jeff Campbell took fifth place in the 1500 meters. The Harvard 1600 meter relay team came in fourth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Embree, Ajootian Place First As Team Places Sixth in Heps | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

...Texas proverb says, "God made some men big and some men small, but Sam Colt made all men equal." Reagan may have looked small coming into the Texas primary, but he had the political equivalent of a six-shooter, only better. He persistently won applause for his attacks on Ford's defense policies, especially on the issue of American control of the Panama Canal, which for some reason hit many Texans where they live. It's hard to guess why, since most Texans have never been further south than Piedras Negras, or wanted...

Author: By Stephen J. Chapman, | Title: Knockout in Texas | 5/6/1976 | See Source »

Geography of a Horse Dreamer. Sam Shepard's surrealistic vision of America, about a boy who predicts the outcomes of horse races in his sleep; the dreamer is abducted by a gambling syndicate, of course, and is finally taught to foretell greyhound races. Sounds fairly bizarre. At 367 Boylston St., Wed.-Sat. till...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Stage | 5/6/1976 | See Source »

...time for Uncle Sam to exert some guiding influence and remove the specter of nuclear catastrophe from the already tragic situation in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, May 3, 1976 | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

Judicial gag orders were virtually unknown a decade ago. Then in 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard's conviction for the murder of his wife was reversed by the Supreme Court because of the hostile trial atmosphere created by the press. Although the court did not mention gag rules as a way to control such press excess, judges began slapping them on. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has counted 192 such court orders in the past decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Conflict Over Gags | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

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