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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would have been rarely seen at M.I.T. For 112 years, it has dedicated itself to science and technology. Currently it is one of the largest defense contractors among U.S. universities, with the Pentagon supplying two-thirds of its $174 million annual research budget. Nevertheless, the Cambridge campus is the site of what M.I.T. President Jerome B. Wiesner hopes will be a "renaissance in which man will replace machine at the center of the stage...
...protect the highly paid jobs of craft union members, many codes are still fussy in demanding a certain gauge of wire for electric circuits a particular type of weld for pipes and specific widths for studs. The specifications almost force the use of hand labor on the building site...
...year-old lawyer, was serving his second term in the state legislature, and six others sought the fourth district seat vacated by the retirement of Charles Griffin. The district, 12 counties in southwest Mississippi, has about 202,000 voters, a third of them black. It contains Hinds County, site of the state capital and home of 40 per cent of the district's voters, and Jefferson County, political stronghold of Charles Evers...
...routine. But a meeting to be held in March, which will consider measures for "strengthening international peace and security," is causing even more of a stir than usual. The reason is that at the request of Panama, the council meeting will be held in Panama City- a choice of site that has angered the Nixon Administration...
...GAME with deadly consequences, Castaneda is taught that death is an adviser always at one's side. A warrior performs every act as though it is his last; he takes responsibility for his actions. Don Juan shows Castaneda a mountain that he says will be "the site of your last stand. You will die here no matter where...