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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about 5:15 p.m. the Cambridge Fire Department responded to a report of smoke at Pangloss and arrived at the building across from Widener Library with two aerial towers, four engines and one rescue unit...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Small Fire Guts Pangloss's Cellar | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

Thus, Satch the Psychologist has shown he knows the principles of human motivation. But whether he will be able to mold a team that is a playing unit with such tactics is another matter. Sanders benched Carey after he had burst to six of the first eight Crimson points on the Quakers, although the only thing standing between the sophomore All-State Michigan forward and future All-Ivy berths is a hefty dose of confidence. Jenkins has changed from a former consistency to mercurial play. Silver, the pillar of the Harvard offense for so long this year, looks...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: View From the Attic | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

...long after President Nixon created his special investigations unit in June 1971 to plug "leaks" of classified information, one of the group's members, in a wry acknowledgement of his assignment, tacked up a sign on his door: PLUMBER. Thus the appellation "plumbers" came into being, and eventually such nefarious activities as tapping telephones, burglarizing offices and fabricating State Department cables came to be known as the work of the "plumbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Plumbers' Plain | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

Brodeur began by redecorating his department. He placed a sign reading ROENTGEN STREET (after the discoverer of X rays) in the corridor leading to the radiology unit. Bare hospital walls were covered with giant murals of characters from children's books and television programs-Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat, Charlie Brown and his friends, and the Flintstones. The X-ray machine was labeled "Batman's Superanalyzer," and nurses were given brightly colored smocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tricks to Treat | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

Sophomore Peter Marzo centers the Terriers' first line with classmates Meagher and Bill Robbins on the wings. Stanfield, the ECAC Division I sophomore of the year last season, teams with freshman John McClellan to form the first defensive unit...

Author: By E.p. Eggert, | Title: Icemen Nip Tigers, Face B.U. Tonight | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

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