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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviets surpass Americans in almost all aspects of nuclear arms development by 1981 or 1982, Richard E. Pipes, Baird Professor of History, said yesterday during a dinner talk at North House...

Author: By Patricia C. Gadecki, | Title: U.S. Defense | 10/28/1977 | See Source »

...years from $37 billion to almost $82 billion. A tractor that cost $9,000 in 1966 sells for $32,000 today; the diesel fuel to run it has climbed from 16.20 per gal. to 44.90. According to the Agriculture Department, though farmers' gross income is expected to surpass last year's record high of $103.5 billion, their net income will drop to an estimated $20.1 billion, from $22 billion a year ago and $33 billion in 1973, a peak year for farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Plowshares into Swords | 10/24/1977 | See Source »

...unfair to compare Carew, whose forte is hitting for average, to players who excel and surpass Carew in other aspects of the game, like Reggie Jackson and Joe Morgan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 8, 1977 | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, And how one ought never to think of one's self, And how pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hot New Rich | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

Putnam said that he hopes the University's outside support will surpass $60 million next year...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: Harvard's Outside Support Increases to $59 Million | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

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