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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From 1947-1973, "an economic boom of a dimension and intensity never seen" swept the world. Bell said, adding that the ongoing worldwide recession and the demands of underdeveloped countries will bring about the "entire reorganization of the world economy...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Horner, Bell Appointed to 1980s Panel | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson stick-wizards say a new attitude of enthusiasm, anticipation and optimism--"and, you can say, reckless abandon," adds sophomore winger Dave Burke--have swept aside memories of three season of disappointment, disenchantment and, last year, disaster. The difference, compared to last year, says Cleary, "is like night and day." His players echo that sentiment. Dave Burke: "Most of the trouble is behind us--we're totally gung-ho." Newly elected co-captain (along with goalie John Hynes) Graham Carter: "The end of one era is going out--the beginning of a new era is in." Sophomore goalie Wade...

Author: By Jim Hershberg and Bruce Schoenfeld, S | Title: The Icemen Cometh | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

...would never have guessed that election time is still more than a year away, since Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) and George H.W. Bush yesterday swept through Boston on short campaign hops...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin and Kenneth J. Ryan, S | Title: GOP Candidates Campaign in Boston | 11/3/1979 | See Source »

...resident advisors also inspect student rooms every two weeks to make sure desks are neat, closets organized, wastebaskets emptied and floors swept. "Often times when girls' rooms are in disorder, then their lives are, too," Tracye Clyburn, assistant to dean of women at ORU, says...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: It's 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Students Are? | 11/2/1979 | See Source »

...years, took a lot of people by surprise. Conceived of two months ago by an organization which has only existed three times that long, the demonstration brought to the foreground an area of women's rights which has seldom been confronted by the women's movement and often swept under the rug by other progressive groups. Pornography--a multibillion dollar underground industry with organized crime and international connections, which WAP claims eroticizes male humiliation of and violence towards women in the name of entertainment and sexual liberation...

Author: By Cheryl R. Devall, | Title: Hitting the Hard Core Of the Big Apple | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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