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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flying saucers' visit to Muncie causes myriad electrical failures, and a young electrician (Richard Dreyfus) is dispatched to investigate the breakdown of a nearby regenerating unit. Lost and confused, the electrician stops in the middle of the road and consults his map. A pair of headlights appears behind the truck; the electrician waves the car on and submerges into his map again. Another pair of headlights appears behind the electrician's truck, but this time there is something peculiar about their shape. Dreyfus waves this vehicle on also, but instead of going around the truck, it goes up and over...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: A Close Encounter of an Overblown Kind | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...considered inept. Miller promptly traded for veteran Quarterback Craig Morton, who had endured twelve indifferent seasons at New York and Dallas only to be reborn, at 34, in Denver. Between Morton's steady, experienced hand and Miller's innovative tactics, the Broncos at last have an offensive unit to complement an always strong defense. The combination produced two six-game winning streaks, marred by a single loss in a rematch with the Oakland Raiders, 24-14. Veteran Safety Billy Thompson sums up for the players, the fans and a city suddenly gone sports crazy: "It's like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Miles High in Mile High City | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

...whatever else there is into his all-encompassing scheme of the modern world. For instance, one part of his hour-long speech last week was devoted to explaining changes in family structure through the different historical epochs. Toffler explained that the family has traditionally been a large, stable economic unit. But now in technological society a family unit must, above all, be highly mobile, and this has resulted in a decrease in the rate of population in highly modernized societies...

Author: By I. WYATT Emmench, | Title: Pop Sociology and Technocrats | 12/10/1977 | See Source »

...theft occurred sometime late Sunday night, or early Monday morning, Lt. Lawrence Murphy, of the Harvard Police criminal investigation unit, said yesterday...

Author: By C. HOWARD Buford, | Title: Skiers' Equipment Missing From Room In Wigglesworth | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

Fidler played center on the same Matignon line as Cotter, and now centers Cotter's unit at B.U. The Charlestown native led the state in scoring as a senior with 96 points and ended his four-year career with 220 points. That total placed him fifth in all-time scoring in Massachusetts...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Icemen Face B.U. Terriers Tonight... | 12/7/1977 | See Source »

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