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Goyette has described the master plan for RSKU as one of the most comprehensive and beautiful designs for a university he has ever seen. But when the complex is completed, the Shah will no doubt station SAVAK agents in very classroom to monitor discussions, as he has in every Iranian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Deplorable Contract | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

Partridge's new collection, the product of eight years of compilation, is as pleasing for its erudition as its entries. Under "It's a cinch," Partridge quotes an essay in the July 1893 issue of Harper's magazine that traced the phrase to the backpacks of mules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Word King | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

Panama's strongman, General Omar Torrijos Herrera, had predicted that satisfying all parties would be about as difficult as pleasing the "princess who had big feet and asked a shoemaker to find her a shoe small on the outside and large inside." But the negotiators kept hammering away until the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Ceding the Canal-Slowly | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

The women's competition also produced a crowd-pleasing winner-and a new title for an old favorite. Britain's Virginia Wade-"Our Ginny'- had appeared in 15 Wimbledons, always to crumple under the pressure of carrying her nation's hopes. This time, Wade, now 31...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wimbledon: Youth Will Be Served | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

Much of last week's progress may have been the result of a change in Vance's style. Shelved, at least for Geneva, was the wide-open diplomacy that had so irritated the Soviets during the ill-fated Moscow meeting. Vance avoided almost all contact with the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: After Moscow's Frost, a Thaw in Geneva | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

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