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...required three games, a smaller level of enthusiasm in our band is understandable. In addition, the Band has neither the time, the resources, nor the instrumentation to continuously modify its limited repertoire, something the fans often, complain about. The core of hockey-loving band members is always vocal, but, because of reasons cited above, is unfortunately sometimes small...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Band | 2/2/1977 | See Source »

...than 95% of U.S. tanker traffic. The maritime union chiefs, who never pass up an opportunity to attack the foreign flagships-which have virtually taken over the American oil trade because high U.S. labor costs have all but priced U.S.-flag tankers out of the market-have been particularly vocal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Demolition Derby at Sea | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...scientific, intellectually inferior, psychologically disadvantaged, and morally unsound continue to buttress the intellectual foundations of social relations in this country. How perfectly consistent that no attempt would be made on the part of universities to study thoroughly the history and civilizations of the African continent without the pressure of vocal militants. How perfectly consistent that American colonizers would ignore all the history of a continent before their own rape of that continent. How indeed could a place like Harvard recognize the legitimacy of African studies when it refused to admit any serious proportions of blacks until relatively recently...

Author: By Peter Hardie and Bruce Jacobs, S | Title: On the Brink: Afro-American Studies At Harvard | 1/18/1977 | See Source »

...next morning 75 people gathered at All Saints', a racially mixed inner-city parish, as Means for the first time celebrated Communion, and Rector John Eastwood pleaded for the flock to be charitable. His concern stemmed from vocal opposition to his new priest, and the fact that ten people out of a parish membership of 150 have resigned in protest. Some of Means' opponents are alienated by her. aggressive, mildly profane style. (She will, for example, say "Oh Jesus" on occasion.) Other parishioners disapprove of ordaining women on principle. But many members are delighted. Said Sarah Mallory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Father, Make Her a Priest' | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

...Lieutenant Governor. After his election to the Senate, Hart was alternately attacked and applauded for his progressive leadership. He served as floor manager for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 1968 Civil Rights Act, as a sponsor of almost every major consumer bill, and as a vocal advocate of federal antitrust legislation. Called the "liberal's liberal," he had a gentle good humor and moral integrity that won him the admiration of his most conservative foes. Hart did not run for re-election this fall because of ill health and because, he said, Washington needed new faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 10, 1977 | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

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