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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that idea is being challenged by, among others, Physicists Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow of Harvard and Pakistani Abdus Salam, winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physics for showing an underlying unity of two of nature's four basic forces: electromagnetism and the so-called weak force, which governs some forms of radioactive decay within the atomic nucleus. In carrying their work further to relate these two forces to a third -the strong force (which binds the atomic nucleus together)-they and other researchers determined that such unity requires a net loss of baryons when certain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diamonds May Not Be Forever | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...Pentagon they call it the "Bay of Rugs." The humor is a little weak, but the point is valid. Just as the Bay of Pigs in 1961 sobered John Kennedy's Government, so has the Iranian crisis shocked today's Washington into a new sense of reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shape of Things to Come | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

...decline is largely a result of corporate overconfidence. In an effort to bolster the few weak spots on its schedule this fall, ABC broke one of TV's sacrosanct laws: it moved winning shows to new time periods. Such traditional Top Ten hits as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy have all suffered from being shifted. Some have at times fallen to the bottom half of the Nielsen chart. Made-for-TV movies and miniseries, usually a strength for ABC, have also proved poor draws this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sweeps Stakes | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Courtney Stimpson and Jenny Stone, who played in the sixth and seventh positions, respectively, completed the Crimson victory with a pair of 3-0 wins. Stone's power game overwhelmed her weak opponent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raquetwomen Conquer Brown; Crimson Glides to 6-1 Victory As Depth Prevails Yet Again | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

Coach Johnny Lee juggled the lineup for the matches against the weak Bridgewater State Bears. From the moment Harvard's Howard Verlin tied John Quinn up with leg moves, the meet looked like just an extra practice seesion for the Crimson...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Grapplers Flatten Wesleyan, Level Bridgewater State Team | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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