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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...best jazz group in the country, bar several other best jazz groups in the country, Weather Report, will be playing at the Berklee Performance Center this Friday, at 7 and 10 pm. Tickets are $7.50 and $6.50. Actually, I'm not kidding about Weather Report. The Wayne Shorter-inspired group plays some of the most revolutionary, albeit plugged-in, jazz today, and it famous for giving a great live performance. Some jazz musicians I know in Philadelphia caught this concert last week and each acclaimed it as the finest night of jazz in years...
...Harvard five points and a chance to rest. Tricaptain Todd Hooks anchored the 440 relay and won the 100-and 220-yds. dashes. The 120- and 440-yard hurdle races were Crimson territory as Paul Organ won both, followed by Sullivan in the longer race and Hooks in the shorter...
...with a calculator fails, or if an appointment cannot be made in time with an accountant, the taxpayer can apply to the IRS for a two-month extension of the April 15 deadline. It will be granted without question, allowing 60 more days of fun with Form 1040, its shorter brother and all its related schedules. One catch: a check for the approximate amount of tax due must accompany the extension request. Better advice: get cracking...
...union's complaints about declining morale, coupled with its demands for shorter working hours to make up for the increased workload, have stalled the contract talks three times since they first opened in January. The union has been working without a contract since January...
Moreover, if a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation really came about, Israel might regard it as far safer than a completely independent Palestinian state. In the shorter run, a confederation might also satisfy Israel's publicly stated conditions for dealing with the P.L.O. In Jerusalem, on the day before he went to Cairo, Vance was persuaded by passionate Israeli arguments that Israel could not be expected to sit down with a P.L.O. delegation so long as the P.L.O. covenant explicitly rejects Israel's right to exist. But Israeli officials also told the Secretary that they would tolerate Palestinians...