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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While many of the alleyways of this part of town are no more than a dozen feet wide, there is still a steady stream of people, sacred Hindu cows, bicycles and bicycle rickshaws, and an occasional Toyota taxi. Everyone, even the upper-class women dressed in their flowing saris, wears sandals or else goes barefoot. During the summer monsoon the dirt roads in many parts of the city turn into permanent mud puddles and generally any clothing that reaches below the knees is assured of getting...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: A Land of Isolation, Mountains and Monsoons | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...scoring 10 of their last 14 points in regulation, hit for two of their first three baskets in overtime. His second basket have the Bulldogs the lead at 36-34, and when Harvard failed to tie the contest on its next trip down the court. Yale had the upper hand with a two-point advantage, occasion of the ball and little more than two minutes remaining...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Silver Foul Shot in Final Six Seconds Propels Crimson to Victory Over Yale | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...picture of Jim McMahon, who was cleverly identified as Leigh Hogan. Any hockey fan worth his Section 18 seat can tell you that Hogan is number S. McMahon 15; that Hogan shoots right, and McMahon left: and that McMahon sports a mustache. The last time I looked, Hogan's upper maxilla was bare...

Author: By H.f. Willard, | Title: Letter to the Sports Editor | 2/20/1975 | See Source »

...labor has consistently pushed for socially liberal legislation, and only two types of unions--the leadership of the Teamsters and the building trades--have really taken the side of capitalism): that workers are more militarist and racist than other Americans (they aren't, but they are angry when upper class students support a foreign army that is attempting to kill their own children: or when upper class liberals take it upon themselves to devise busing and housing schemes that will leave urban workers and their communities to deal with integration: while wealthier people--who supposedly support black people's struggles...

Author: By Jim Kaplan, | Title: A World Which Is Lost | 2/15/1975 | See Source »

...opening face-off was followed by 17 minutes of rugged play, and it was not until Crimson wing Jim McMahon tucked in a rebound at 17:53 of the first period that Harvard was able to get the upper hand on the determined Quakers...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Harvard Six Dump Pennsylvania, 5-3 Crimson Remains Unbeaten in Ivies | 2/15/1975 | See Source »

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