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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...future is less than rosy. With Harvard's old Hanford outlet in Washington state shut since October 4, and Beatty now gone, officials were talking more and more this week about establishing local dumping sites. And, as one state official said, that is one decision that nobody wants to make...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Waste Not, Want Not | 10/27/1979 | See Source »

...simple plot, by all accounts, about "a witch who wanted to be human and the gal he witched who weren't true." But, as the good Lord says, those who know not of what they speak should shut the hell up. Who, after all, are these men, Howard Richardson and William Berney, who pervert morality onto a framework that cannot stand its weight? It's an exhausted tale of witches and lovers and hillbillies, a sinnin' and a rollin' in the hay and a borin' you to tears. And you the congregation knows what will happen and have no reason...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Beyond Redemption | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

Memories of Larry Brown's sporting career at Harvard have a binary symmetry. For every touchdown pass, there is a shut out: for every wind-up, a roll-out. Before graduating in June, he collected records in all-league selections in both baseball and football, and established himself as one of Harvard's most talented and versatile athletes of the decades...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Larry Brown: From Soldiers Field to the Astrodome? | 10/25/1979 | See Source »

...another defense-dominated game, Leverett (1-1) shut out Mather 6-0. The game's lone touchdown capped a 50-yard drive early in the second half. A 30-yard run by Kip Rapposelli advanced the ball to the one-yard line...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: SoHo, Leverett Are Victorious In Inter-House Football Action | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

Iran's state radio and television last week once again attacked Western news organizations. This time, Tehran's anger was directed against those who "raise hell when Iran punishes murderers but shut up when the best youths of Iran are murdered by agents of Zionism and imperialism." That was a reference to the fact that newsmen in Tehran had paid little attention to an ambush by Kurdish rebels in which 52 Islamic militiamen were killed. But if the Western press is not to be trusted, why then did the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini sit for an interview with Italian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Khomeini and the Veiled Lady | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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