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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freshman from Don Mills, Ontario, took one shot, which B.C. goalie Mike Cronin stopped--the Eagles' regular goalie Paul Skidmore is out with a groin pull--and then Evans banged his own rebound into the upper part of the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston College Six Wallops Crimson | 1/11/1978 | See Source »

...Hughes, who scored Harvard's only power play goal of the day with only 18 seconds left in the period. Only four seconds into Brown defenseman Mike Mastrullo's penalty, brother Jack took a drop pass from Phil Evans and let loose a fastball that George directed into the upper corner. Ask no more, it was Harvard 6, Brown...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Crimson Six Dumps Brown on Television, 7-4 | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

...building project almost as monumental as the Great Pyramids, was once looked upon as a panacea for most of Egypt's ills. True, it has doubled the country's electric power output and improved the productive capacity of 900,000 acres of land, guaranteeing water to farmers in upper Egypt. But the dam has made some old problems worse. The Nile's silt, which enriched the delta through the millennia, is now trapped behind Aswan's concrete; farmers must buy artificial fertilizer to do what nature in the past provided free. Because of the dam, the Nile waters flow more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: The Gift of the River Nile | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

...settlement of Mit Abu el Kom. His father was a military hospital clerk who so much admired Kemal Atatūrk, the founder of modern Turkey, that he named his sons after Turkish officers. His mother was an illiterate Sudanese. He grew up hating the colonial British. When the upper-class Military Academy was opened up in 1936 to all Egyptians-a decision that changed the future of the country-Sadat was one of 52 boys picked. So were Nasser and six other Egyptians who later banded together to overthrow King Farouk. During World War II, Sadat, still passionately anti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Actor with a Will of Iron | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

...demonstrate that his administration was not as repressive as critics have charged, Marcos ordered controls on speech and assembly lifted for the duration of the seven-week campaign. That was of limited help to the students, liberal upper-middle-class families and pre-martial law political opponents who constitute his primary opposition.* All three leading Manila newspapers are owned by Marcos' friends, and the five television stations are controlled either by friends or by the government itself. TV was full of spot commercials, to the gaudy music of Land of Hope and Glory, urging viewers to vote. Newspapers gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PHILIPPINES: Marcos' Yes and Yes Vote | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

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