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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thanatology had been one of the most misunderstood and neglected areas of study until Elisabeth Kubler-Ross [Nov. 12] began her work. Her publications have been a boon to clergy and laity alike when confronted with the one inescapable fact of life-death. The strength, courage and understanding given to untold others cannot be erased. In this case, today's news does not negate yesterday's triumph...
...women, so be it. He aimed to make Iran one of the world's five great powers, along with the U.S., the Soviet Union, France and Japan. The idea might have seemed laughable initially but, as Western demand for oil kept climbing, the Shah's ambitions began to look more plausible. The Shah, whose country pumped 7% of the non-Communist world's oil imports, led the way in the first huge price increase, from $3 to $12 per bbl. between 1973 and 1974 and, though he aided the West by refusing to join the Arab...
...profit organization this week began offering a computer service that guarantees to locate up to 50 scholarships, grants, loans or work-study opportunities for all student applicants...
...Louise baked a few cookies as a favor to a storeowner friend who sold the whole batch within two days. That gave Sid an idea. Operating out of one kitchen, Sid, Louise, Jeff and David started Grandma's and began to sell their wares to small shop owners in the area. Within two years they were selling cookies to stores throughout the country. Now the Vermont business employs a staff of five, and has a $200,000 volume of business...
...tenants, who have fought the attempts of the University to evict them for more than a year, said they will tell Rent Board examiners that Harvard workers began renovations this week on two units that were occupied when the ordinance went into effect this August. The law, passed in attempt to keep rental property from being converted to other uses, requires developers to obtain a permit from the city before renovating apartments...