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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Labor Party headquarters a few blocks away, "Sunny Jim" Callaghan, 67, spoke of his defeat with the same reserve and gentle dignity that marked his campaign. He publicly congratulated his successor as Prime Minister. "It is a great office," he said, "a wonderful privilege, and for a woman to occupy that office is, I think, a tremendous moment in the country's history. Therefore, everybody must on behalf of all our people wish her well and wish her success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tory Wind of Change | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...hated and despised Kenneth Bianchi, 27, a security guard in Bellingham, Wash. "Ken doesn't know how to handle women," he snarled. "You gotta treat 'em rough." He spoke crudely of his sexual exploits with women and then said of Bianchi: "Boy, did I fix that turkey. I got him in so much trouble, he'll never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Murderous Personality | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

More than half of the Faculty members who spoke yesterday at a special Faculty meeting on Harvard's handling of its South Africa-related investments said the University's policy lacks a defined objective and moral validity...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi and James L. Tyson, S | Title: Faculty Discusses Handling Of S. Africa Investment Policy | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

...Times. The Post had the advantage of its location in the nation's capital, but the paper could not seem to translate the wealth of its new owner, Eugene Meyer, into a voice that anyone but die-hard subscribers would hear. On the other hand, the Los Angeles Times spoke loud and clear, but it was far from the center of things, and its deafening bias against any news or newsmaker that might threaten the interests of the Chandlers or their land-holding friends had become a joke to outsiders. Humorist S.J. Perelman recalled stopping at Albuquerque during one train...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Names That Make the News | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

Accompanied by four Harvard graduate students, Sevcenko spoke with Moroz yesterday afternoon at a memorial service at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bound Brook...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Released Ukrainian Dissident May Accept Post at Harvard | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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