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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mother Teresa was born in 1910 to Albanian parents and baptized Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in what is now Skoplje, Yugoslavia. Even at the age of twelve she wanted to "go out and give the love of Christ." By the time she was 18, Agnes had joined the Irish branch of Loreto nuns who were working in Calcutta, where she soon began teaching geography at St. Mary's High School...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nobel Prizes: I Accept in the Name of the Poor | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

HHAC is raising the money on behalf of Oxfam-America, the domestic branch of an international relief organization, and of Catholic Relief Services, an arm of the Catholic Church. The funds will pay for the purchase and distribution of food and supplies for Cambodians in their nation and in refugee camps in Thailand...

Author: By Andrew B. Herrmann, | Title: Student Group Organizes Fast To Raise Money for Cambodia | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Shucking academe for the real thing, Volcker signed on as an economist with the New York branch of the Federal Reserve. After five years, Volcker jumped into private enterprise at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Five more years and he became chief financial analyst at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., a remarkable achievement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Defender of The Dollar | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

While Bennett was making phone calls, three volunteers in a stark union hall eight miles northwest of Datura Street were preparing 3-in. by 5-in. cards for mailing to 1,800 members of the local branch of the machinists' union. The cards urged them to stop by Forest Hill High, but not to vote for Carter. Read the message: "Be there, Kennedy Democrats, October 13th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing the Florida Game | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...plan, which covers all schools and colleges in the Boston area, is designed to appeal to youth and stimulate sales in low volume machines, John J. Cullen, district manager in the company's Boston branch, said yesterday. "We're just trying to see how many people call us to say they got a radio," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coke-Radios | 10/10/1979 | See Source »

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