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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Allen says, "Our first weakness--it's no secret--is lack of size." Unfortunately, Allen understates. Harvard may not have seen a hoop team this small since they were playing with leather helmets out on Soldiers Field.

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers to Debut Tonight | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

AT MORE THAN 500 pages, the collection could stand some selective paring. First on the list to go would be several columns where Strout simply tries to do too much. An emotional protest against the use of the atom bomb somehow winds up as a plea to pay American diplomats...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Eight White Houses | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

The business-suited crowd that showed up last night for the opening of Boston's first and the nation's largest Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers were definitely more interested in fast profits than fast food.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Largest Wendy's Opens in Hub | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

Twenty per cent of the MBTA's buses were out of service in September, but the MBTA is only 9 per cent short now, she said. "It's nothing to be proud of, but it is an improvement," she added.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Panel Discusses MBTA Issues, Performance | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

Last year the Chinese government instituted nationwide standardized tests for all prospective college students for the first time since the Cultural Revolution in 1966. On July 20 nearly six million students took the test to compete for only 300,000 places in Chinese colleges and universities. The test covered eight...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Peking's Biggest Test | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

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