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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second character to enter is a ner'd (Drew Weinstein)--also not in the Aristophanes version--who says he's going to close the show, he simply cannot permit it to be performed on a stage at Harvard. Why? Who is this cliched creature anyway, and what in this tame, already-too-long play could he possibly be objecting to, except for its poor blocking, missed cues and amateurish deliveries? Your interests are piqued; you figure the play will get more bawdy as the evening goes on. It doesn...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...court found that Sprague had told Mitchell last June "there is no reason not to" allow the CBA to use the house. But, it continues, Sprague later refused the occupancy permit because Higley had told him it had become a "political issue...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Buddhists May Worship In House, Court Decides | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...ruling said the city should immediately issue a certificate of occupancy, but a spokesman for the Building Department said yesterday the permit has not been granted...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Buddhists May Worship In House, Court Decides | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...immediate problem was how to regulate dating. West Point decided to permit it, but only under Victorian restrictions. The Academy prohibits "P.D.A.s" public displays of affection), such as holding hands or kissing. One exception is formal dances, where the women change from their uniforms into regulation floor-length gowns, and some discreet touching goes on. Despite the best efforts of military misogynists, romance nonetheless has triumphed. TIME Reporter-Researcher Barbara Dolan, who has been interviewing cadets at West Point, reports that about half of the 62 women who expect to graduate next May plan to marry male graduates...

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

Nonetheless, opponents are willing to permit small test projects of the new energy so that the impact of unknown technologies can be fully measured. Says Terry Thoem, a director of the Denver EPA: "We have been studying shale for years, and now we would like to see some further development on a limited scale to get further data on a shale industry's impact-on water tables, on soil, on just about everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Tapping the Riches of Shale | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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