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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This would allow the legislature to assess at different rates two types of land: privately-owned recreation land, and land left in its natural state. The legislature presently has this power regarding agricultural and wild or forest land. It's too bad the "natural state" provision is mixed in with the "recreation" provision, because passage of Question 7 basically means a tax break for country clubs. Golf, anyone...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Answers to the Ballot Questions | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Question #1: How would you, in your own words, assess the current situation in the Ivy League football standings, and what bothers you most about Harvard's football season to date? [Note: Any reference to motion penalties or quotes from Pat Daly will be marked...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: The Reckoning Hourly | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

Because the participants in Harvard's budgetary process have not yet formulated salary guidelines or tuition and fee proposals, Kaufmann said there were still too many variables to assess exactly how Carter's guidelines would restrict the University...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Wage, Price Plan to Affect Harvard; Officials Uncertain About Exact Limits | 10/31/1978 | See Source »

Though a papal election is always a momentous news event, the surprising selection of Karol Cardinal Wojtyla last week as the 264th Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church attracted exceptional interest. To report on the background of Polish-born John Paul II, and to assess the reactions of his former parishioners, TIME dispatched Washingtpn Correspondent Gregory Wierzynski to Cracow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 30, 1978 | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

Within three days of the quake, the Empress and the Shah visited Tabas to assess the destruction. Survivors thronged around their monarch to kiss his hand and assuage their grief by telling him about their suffering. One man who had lost his wife and six children had to be restrained by the Shah and bystanders, from tearing at his hair in the traditional demonstration of mourning. Councilman Bandegi estimated his loss in terms of his clan, the traditional Iranian family grouping. The clan, he said sadly, had lost 341 people, or 83%. Casualties ranged through all levels of Tabas' population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Town That Disappeared | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

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