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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yale goal at the opening of the second half proved to be the only tally as a disorganized Lowell soccer squad met defeat for the first time this season. Although individual players turned in good plays at times; the squad was unable to work as a cohesive unit to mount an attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H-Y Split 14 Intramural Matches Yale Sweeps Three Title Games | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...similar spirit, male cadets have formulated an unwritten rule prohibiting serious dating by cadets in the same basic unit, the company, which numbers about 100. The cadets are taught that each company is supposed to function as a whole, just as it would under combat conditions. This was the rule that was violated by the female cadet who was forced to bite off a chicken's head. She and her boyfriend, the son and daughter of military officers, had dated as plebes, and when they wound up by chance in the same company at summer camp, they began going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Dating at West Point | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...first signs of a "wait and see" attitude are appearing among some buyers who think that mortgage rates may soon ease back. Michigan Entrepreneur Warren Avis, founder of the Avis Rent A Car system, was quickly filling a 120-unit condo conversion in Detroit last month, but saw many of his customers vanish as mortgages rocketed. Says he: "All of a sudden we got slugged in the guts. The last four weeks have broken the back of buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: But Holding High on Flats | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Edward Miller, a Boston police detective who worked for the vice control unit at the time of the Puopolo stabbing, testified that men who frequent the Combat Zone often assist prostitutes in robbing male pedestrians. Thomas J. Mundy Jr., Suffolk County assistant district attorney, has said the three defendants were providing such assistance when they fought with the Harvard students and thus acted with forethought...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Vice Expert Testifies in Puopolo Trial | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

Boston Police Commissioner Joseph Jordan organized the Community Disorders Unit to deal with cases of crimes with racial motives. Roach said. Jordan said he also supported a recently passed bill that sets severe penalties for violations of civil rights...

Author: By Jack A. Laschever, | Title: Local Panelists Disagree on Solutions To Abolish Racial Violence in Boston | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

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