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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Radcliffe sent an alumna to that meeting to vote in favor of the proposal, Gardiner said. Although the bank's management opposed the resolution, an "astounding" 5 to 6 per cent of the shareholders voted for it, Gardiner said. Proposals opposed by management usually receive much less support, he added...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Radcliffe Sells Bank of America Stock | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

...Berkeley, Calif., they voted local activists onto the school committee. In Madison, Wisc., they are actively sought out by every local pol who wants to win. But in Cambridge, student voters have never been powerful because they've never bothered to vote in city elections...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Student Votes Could Influence City Elections | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

This November could be different. Cambridge Election Commission officials report registering 564 students to vote during last week's undergraduate registration, and those new voters could be attracted to the polls by a series of referendum that include questions on South Africa and nuclear power...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Student Votes Could Influence City Elections | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

...Senate approved the defense spending hikes by a 62-36 vote after agreeing to force $3.6 billion in savings, mostly from social programs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Approves 1980 Budget | 9/20/1979 | See Source »

...vote margin, judges awarded the debate to Harvard before an almost evenly divided audience of 200 at the Kennedy School...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: Harvard Team Wins Debate On U.S. Role in Energy Crisis | 9/19/1979 | See Source »

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