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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other of the two county races without opposition, John Danehy prepares to stick with his present position while the two other county commissioners, Michael McLaughlin and S. Lester Ralph test other political waters in non-election years for them...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Why did the Republican Cross the Road? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...Army 2nd Lieut. Stratton, succeeding in a man's world means being tough. As one of two female company executive training officers at Fort Dix, N.J., Stratton is in charge of 250 recruits and 18 drill sergeants of Charlie Company. The company is 95% male, and the recruits test Stratton. TIME Reporter-Researcher Barbara Dolan watched her in action and filed this report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: She Gives the Orders | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

Figueiredo's first big test will be the congressional elections next month; polls already indicate widespread protest support for the opposition MDB. In addition, as part of Geisel's political reforms, Figueiredo will be the first President to govern since 1968 without benefit of Institutional Act No. 5, which gave Brazil's chief executive the power to shut down an unruly congress and deprive citizens of their political rights. Thus the new Brazilian President could conceivably find himself facing a legislature controlled by the opposition-and, embarrassingly, Figueiredo would have no clear legal authority to do anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Slow, Gradual | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...describing, with unabashed and unaffected emotion, a time 25 years in the future when the players would be remembering this game. You are going to wish you were back here, he told them, and you had a chance to put it all on the line in an afternoon-to test yourself against the best. "That's the kind of emotional impact football will have on your life," said Wilkinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Testing the Velvet Hammer | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

SEASON HARVARD GAMES ONLY: 1-4 (.200, which is what you get for just signing your name at the test...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Not a 'Dear John' Letter | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

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