Word: weekended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over. Last weekend an international gathering of 150 historians and social scientists assembled at the State University of New York at Binghamton to pay homage to Braudel and his enduring love. English Scholars Peter Burke and Eric Hobsbawm arrived to offer tribute. Historians from Canada, The Netherlands and France sang Braudel's praises. The occasion: the inaugural conference of SUNY'S new Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems and Civilizations. It was the first major American recognition of French Historian Braudel-perhaps the most influential historian now at work and the author...
...Harvard and Radcliffe heavyweight crews will journey to New London, Conn., this weekend for the 112th annual Harvard-Yale regatta...
...Harvard varsity, which convincingly took the Eastern Sprints last weekend, will face a tough challenge from a much-improved Yale crew. Last week the Elis were fifth at the Sprints, but "they're a good crew, and they've had the benefit of another week's training in New London," Parker said...
Over the past weekend Jimmy Carter's measure was taken by perhaps the toughest jury he has yet encountered -the heads of the West's major democracies. The early verdict appeared to be unanimous. The new U.S. President passed muster with high marks and was received into the exclusive ranks of world statesmen. In fact, Carter's debut was nothing short of socko...
...small town of Seabrook (pop. 5,300) is invaded annually on the Memorial Day weekend by the first wave of summer vacationers eager to enjoy New Hampshire's bays and beaches. This year invasion came early to Seabrook. For five years, environmentalists and others opposed to atomic power plants have been trying to block construction by the state's Public Service Co. of two 1.15 million-kilowatt nuclear reactors near Seabrook. Last week they took their protests into the streets. With the precision of a well-trained army, some 2,000 protesters, carrying backpacks and water bottles, occupied...