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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...slightly brown-skinned man with the hint of a pot belly, he lilts into a delicate Jamaican accent when he stops to talk, especially when favored (West Indian) customers come in. He came to the United States ten years ago working at a ski lodge as a cook ("I used to go to work in true snow storm, man, at 35 below for $1.50 an hour and me from Jamaica? I was ready to go home, man!"). He intended to save enough to start his own business in Jamaica, but he's invested in his restaurant and doesn...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: Capitalism, at Work | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

About a dozen members of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) rallied outside of the talk in the Lowell House senior common room, charging ARCO with considering corporate profits before consumer interests, and with drilling off the coast of South Africa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARCO President Answers Protesters, Defends Company's South Africa Policy | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

University officials refused to talk this week about the security arrangements, but sources said the pieces will arrive in Washington on Wednesday...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Chafin Goes To England, Protects Art | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...Hollywood knows little else, it knows when the market is good, Christmas season is one of those times--when families regroup at home and head for the movies when they discover they have nothing to talk about. About the second week of December, the studios unleash a barrage of new and old films across America. In keeping with tradition, this year's crop is no bumper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Hollywood for the Holidays | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Crawling toward Hooka on Christmas day, Justin no longer wondered why he had ventured to the Arctic. He didn't hallucinate or talk to himself. He maintained an unreasonably rational state of mind. He thought of nothing but sustaining consciousness...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: In the Arctic, You Are Not Alone | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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