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Five hundred Indians joined at that first meeting, and the membership has climbed steadily since. AIM spokemen boast 125,000 members, a figure that by the best estimates seems too high. The movement, however, does have support-over 10,000 Indians joined the "Trail of Broken Treaties" caravan to Washington last November, which ended with a takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AIM: A Long Way From Franklin Ave. | 4/11/1973 | See Source »

...children's bikes with elongated "banana" seats, tall "ape-hanger" handlebars, and moderate $30-$50 price tags. Then an adult bike boom ballooned, and demand shifted to lightweight ten-speed racers that start at around $85 and range upward into used-car prices: $475 or more. Bicycle-company spokemen say that this year, for the first time since the 1890s, nearly one-half of all bicycle production is geared for adults. Caught in the intergenerational crossfire, manufacturers turned out 6,000,000 bikes in 1968, then cut production to 5,000,000 in 1970. For 1971, bikemen are boasting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: They Like Bikes | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...tutors, acting in the capacity of friendly advisers and not as spokemen for the University, have in some exceptional cases counseled their tutees against enrolling in the 12-week session, this summer. It was wondered by their parents, who took that advice as the official College attitude, why Harvard was establishing an accelerated program and advising students not to enroll in it, Dean Buck said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 3-YEAR COURSE NOT REQUIRED | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

...longer flaunt their waers in our faces with an are of rakish conviviality; but why should the CRIMSON hesitate to do what most reputable newspapers and magazines have long since done and expel such advertising altogether? College papers are traditionally idealistic. Some of them have been the pioneer spokemen in movements for civic betterment. Shall the CRIMSON chcose to stand aloof from this great national movement and let others do the fighting while it takes in the shekels which the brewers are so lavishly expending to stave off the evil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Those Obnoxious Beer Adds. | 12/13/1916 | See Source »

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