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Mayslack's lounge was just one stop on the Glee Club's North American tour last summer, a tour that celebrated the group's 120th anniversary. Club members were also saying farewell to their conductor of the past eight years, F. John Adams. In a controversial decision, the position of director of choral activities had been passed to Jameson M. Marvin, former director of choral activities at Vassar College. The transition leaves the Glee Club troubled, as senior members try to guide the group through a difficult passage...

Author: By Cynthia A. Torres, | Title: The Harvard Glee Club: Life After F. John Adams | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...have Greek letters at their disposal. Zbikowski ranks 153 college teams, including Ball State, McNeese State and Fullerton State, and gives point spreads for their games. Texas is at the top of his poll, as the Longhorns boast an ability rating of 35.87, while Harvard is ranked 120th with a rating of -1.37 and Davidson is in the 153rd spot, with...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: My Computer Is My Bookie | 11/4/1977 | See Source »

Administration spokesmen have already carried the President's case for marketplace medicine to Congress. Last week, Nixon himself made a plea to the nation's doctors. Addressing the American Medical Association's 120th annual convention at Atlantic City, N.J., Nixon described his plan as a "partnership that would build on the strength of the present health care system," and urged physicians to support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Politics of Health Care | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

...sent overseas; it would be hard to find more gung-ho outfits anywhere than four Air Guard squadrons mobilized straight into combat in Viet Nam. "Nobody's got a bitch about being here," claims Captain Thomas Risan, an airline pilot now bombing and strafing Viet Cong fortifications with the 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Phan Rang. Calling themselves the "Raggedy-Ass Militia of Happy Valley," the 25 pilots and 350 maintenance crewmen of the 120th TFS have racked up more than 1,000 missions since reaching Viet Nam early in May. "What we got was real pros," says a regular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: What Became of Those Reservists? | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

Boredom prompts men to take pride in goldbricking, inducing added ennui. Even the crack 120th TFS at Phan Rang has an accountant and a graduate in English slinging hash, a school principal pulling security guard, and a Denver assistant district attorney slaving as a clerk in the base legal office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: What Became of Those Reservists? | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

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