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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gauger had gone to the embassy to seek information concerning a Voice of America radio report about last week's seizure of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca. When an official she sought turned out to be away from his office, she headed for the embassy commissary, one of few places in the sternly Islamic city where alcohol is served. "I thought I might have lunch and a beer and try to catch him before I left for my next appointment," she says. "You know the rest. It could happen to anyone who likes a beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...this year because of faculty apathy towards the committee. Faculty are simply not volunteering to serve on CUE, or--this happened last year--they are volunteering, and then not attneding CUE meetings. This apathy is inexcusable, for how can a university achieve greatness if it fails to seek input from all factions of its own community--in this case, the students?. This question is urgent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...hasn't been recognized by the administration. By God, an unrecognized student government! How can this be? A student government is essential to any university, for it is the only organized liaison between students and the administration. And how effective can an administration be if it does not seek input from those it administers to? How can it be that Harvard--allegedly one of the finest universities in the world--refuses to recognize its Student Assembly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

...United States should continue to seek a resolution of this conflict through diplomatic channels. The meeting of the Security Council is such an option. Carter should also work to persuade the nations with close ties to Khomeini, such as Syria and Pakistan, to convince the Iranians and especially Khomeini that they cannot externalize an internal revolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blowing Off Steam | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

Cole said MBTA chairman Robert L. Foster inherited most of the MBTA's problems--problems that have led Foster to seek supplementary funds from the advisory board for this year's MBTA budget...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Trolley Settlement To Aid Green Line | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

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