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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that occurred when he tolerated the Jamaican political system. Marley had agreed to stage a benefit concert for labor party leader, Michael Manley. Days before the concert, professional gunmen ambushed Marley and his friends, killing one person. Rumors circulated that the attack had been a move by Manley to throw suspicion on his rivals just before the national election. Marley opens the song by mocking the values of the Jamaican power elite. He then asserts that his power to rally black Jamaicans against the system was the reason for the plot against his life...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Reggae Revolution | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...able to run 40 yards in 4.65 seconds, Callinan can either run past or throw off tackles; and although he pulled off several plays to the outside he said, "the inside, off-tackle play was made just...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Callinan Charges Harvard Offense | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...Dave "Watch Him Throw" Frankel's touchdowns came when he lofted high spirals to ace end Bill 'Thrill a Minute" McKibben who carried it into the end zone, aided by fine pass blocking from Susie "Short but Sassy" Spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime Stomps Yalies' News | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...politics as usual. Incumbent Democratic mayors won reelection easily in Gary, Ind., and Salt Lake City, incumbent Republicans in Columbus and Indianapolis. In Boston, Kevin White cruised to an unprecedented fourth consecutive four-year term as mayor, winning both black Roxbury and white South Boston, whose residents often throw angry epithets-and sometimes more harmful things than that-at each other. In most cases, voters seemed less enthusiastic for the existing order than wearily convinced that a change of command at city hall would not make much difference. But as the results in Houston, Miami, San Francisco, Cleveland, Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Strong Currents of Change | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Following the kickoff, Yale tried a first-down bomb throw by its split end, but Coppinger came up with his second interception of the day and lowered the final Crimson boom on the waning Eli spirit...

Author: By Mark D. Director, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: HARVARD BLASTS YALE | 11/17/1979 | See Source »

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