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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...football center is a little like an airline pilot and a lot like a garbage man. Only failure attracts attention; success passes unnoticed...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Dave Scheper: The Center of Attraction | 10/4/1979 | See Source »

Around the dorm and in the Freshman Union, RiCapito does not talk about his job very much. He admits to being teased somewhat by friends because of his athletic success; but RiCapito said, "I'm pretty self-conscious about it. I don't want to antagonize anyone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank RiCapito | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

Gazit said he is very pleased with the recent peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt. "We are in the process of implementing peace with our biggest neighbor, and I think it is a great success," Gazit said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shlomo Gazit Strongly Supports Israeli Presence on West Bank | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...Paul Baker's Dallas Theater Center, where his wife Mary Sue is second in command. Almost 40 when he finished his three plays set in mythical Bradleyville, Jones was discovered by Tennessee Williams' agent, Audrey Wood, who arranged for a Washington production of Trilogy. The plays' success at the Kennedy Center led to a brief run on Broadway and national celebrity for the author, but Jones chose to continue to work quietly in Dallas, where, he said, he had "a life in the theater for which most playwrights dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 1, 1979 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...were right, and we played table tennis." This was more than a recitation of history and a disarming apology; it meant that there would be progress with respect to trade and exchanges at the summit. Mao, in short, had willed the visit to be a success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: THE CHINA CONNECTION | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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