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...less important than it was in 1976, for this summer the city gained substantial regulatory power, enough to insure that Harvard's expansion is held in check. The University, therefore, should recognize that it is in its best interest to cooperate fully with the city, and not try to stall or circumvent planned legislation. In addition, it should remove one of the largest obstacles to good city-University relations by allowing mixed-use occupancy of 7 Sumner Rd. instead of continuing efforts to evict the remaining tenats. In another gesture of good will, Harvard should end its court challenge seeking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Agenda for the Year | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...pencil technique is euphemistically called "prudent cash management." But to its victims this is the old game of "Your check is in the mail." Says John Gordana, president of Equitable Adjustment Service, Inc., in New Jersey: "Normally responsible executives with good credit records are conjuring up ingenious techniques to stall or avoid bill payments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Owning-Up Time | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

...shower stall. An attractive, restless blond, whose search for sexual fulfillment will lead her to an ominous rented room. A man, whose schizophrenic lust turns him into a knife-wielding killer in a cheap wig and dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knife of Brian | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...onetime Jockey Con Errico, 58, another ex-jock, Ben Feliciano, described a bribe attempt at Saratoga in the summer of 1974. Feliciano was riding in several races that day. He had gone to the toilet in the jockeys' dressing room when an unknown man walked into an adjoining stall. The man shoved an envelope containing a wad of bills across the tiles, told Feliciano that the money was his if he would simply "hold" -rein in-his horse in a race. Feliciano said he refused the attempted bribe (indeed, he won the race), but since has admitted to taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Racing on Trial | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...Nanci Stall Columbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 24, 1980 | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

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