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George K. Sweetnam
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Ten Years After the Strike
A FTER 1969 the choices were never so easy. Sure, there was a period of blind backlash in the mid-'70s
A Face From the Past
At dawn one Thursday morning in April 1969, Fred L. Glimp '50, then dean of the College, announced by megaphone
Glimp, Former Dean, Becomes Alumni Affairs Vice President
Fred L. Glimp '50, a former dean of the College, Monday assumed the post of vice president for alumni affairs
Assault on Filene's Basement: A Christmas Fantasy
It had been an ill-conceived idea, I can see now, but it was a fixation. Once that notion had grown
Salmonella: Not Pleasant, But Not Fatal
Salmonella, which has been dubbed the "Harvard trots" in its current outbreak, generally appears after improper food handling, Dr. Nicholas
The Historian as Romanticist
Good storytellers have a way of convincing their audiences that they are describing times that were somehow more vivid, more
Court Blocks Part Of Med Area Plant
Harvard lost a major legal battle with the state yesterday when a superior court judge enjoined the University from further
Flowers for Elvis
S OMEHOW rock'n roll got old. It didn't seem possible that a year had passed since Elvis died--more than 20
Corporation Names Eleven Journalists As Nieman Fellows
The Corporation Tuesday approved the appointment of 11 American journalists as 1978-79 Nieman Fellows, who will spend the academic year
A Mental Block
S EPTEMBER 1967 fell between two summers of racial tension and violence in America's inner cities. Increasing pride and rising
Faculty Approves Core Proposal
"There is a year of planning ahead," Dean Rosovsky said yesterday after the Faculty approved the development of a Core
Bok Defends Corporation, Talks About South Africa
In his first public discussion about Harvard's financial ties to South Africa since the student rallies and demonstrations of last
Then 3500 Marched in Anger
Chapter Two: Usually only the Yale game draws so many vocal students. So when half of Harvard's student body turned
University Maintenance Workers Vote To Begin Wildcat Strike Action Today
Employees in the 300-member union of Harvard maintenance workers, who have been involved in contract negotiations with the University since
Power Plant May Receive New Hearing
Harvard yesterday filed a petition seeking to overturn a state environmental agency's disapproval of the electric generators planned for the
