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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rabid McGovern supporter who also happens to be wealthy. "I had to laugh out loud at the irony of the situation," the author writes. In truth, of course, Peretz never supported McGovern, but that is almost beside the point. The Dick and Jane analysis would be pathetic by any standard...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Harvard Hates LeBoutillier | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

Approach #3. The Standard Approach. Prerequisite: Desire to talk about your SAT's, major, law or medical school of choice. You must read all of the suggested books and go to as many University-sponsored events as possible. Always smile. Spend a lot of money, and get thoroughly lost at least twice, once on campus and once in Cambridge (which by some quirk of the Puritan Ethic lacks signs indicating the names of major streets, but has them for side streets, presumably working on the assumption that if you don't know the name of the street...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Six Ways to Survive | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

Already more than 2,000 energy-related companies have set up shop in the city. They range from one-man operations selling drilling-survey data to such giant conglomerates as Gulf, Texaco and Standard Oil Co. of California. Newcomers have swelled the population of the metropolitan area from 1.2 million in 1970 to 1.6 million today-including 4,000 geologists. One of the nation's fastest-growing cities, Denver has begun to rival Houston for the title of "Energy Capital, U.S.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Denver's Mile-High Energy Boom | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

Krauss said yesterday that although the standard form rules of the plastic arts should concern the designer, the driving force should be the human purpose of the structure-"how man relates...

Author: By Pamela Mccuen, | Title: New Official Wants Changes In Program on Urban Design | 8/7/1979 | See Source »

...beautiful, courageous and incredibly vital people,' says Gillespie. Born in Rockville Centre, N.Y., and schooled at Lake Forest College, Gillespie, now editor in chief, is in demand as a speaker about the aspirations of black women, and Essence, with a circulation of 600,000 has set a high standard of editorial quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: 50 Faces for America's Future | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

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