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...budget was approved at 2:37. The meeting adjourned two minutes later, after one citizen's parting complaint that the dog-pound keeper was letting too many loose dogs run around town. By and large, Huntingtonians seemed to genuinely like and trust each other. Tocqueville would have been pleased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: New England: Rites of March | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

...Howe includes a few choice listings from the Labor Department's Dictionary of Occupational Titles. It ranks some 30,000 jobs according to their level of complexity. "Nurse, midwife" is classified as less skilled than hotel clerk; "homemaker," cross-referenced with "general maid," ranks slightly lower than dog-pound attendant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

Sisyphus isn't around anymore, but there's another guy pushing rocks up a hill. His name is Ed Ajootian and the symbol of his frustration is a 35-pound metal weight...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Falling Rocks | 3/12/1977 | See Source »

Joseph Gross, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the Law School, Tel Aviv University, will lecture on "The New Tax Reform in Israel" at 4 p.m. in Room 203, Roscoe Pound Building, at the Law School...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Big John | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

...need some companionship, look into the Folk Song Society of Greater Boston (FSSGB). FSSGB (646-6062) holds a group sing every Wednesday night at 8 pm at the Interfaith building, 490 Beacon St. in Boston. If no one answers when you pound on the door, go around back and signal with the buzzer hanging out the window...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: FOLK | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

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