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Director MacDonald's choice of Robert Garringer as that "wise old fool," Lord Augustus Lorton, proved to be quite apt--and most humorous. Richard Sale was impressive as Cecil Graham, the erratic character that in so many ways resembles his erratic playwright creator...

Author: By David Blomquist, | Title: Propriety for the Prim and Proper | 8/17/1973 | See Source »

...physician of any school, and practices obstetrics and gynecology in a small, neat building that he shares with a family-practitioner M.D. He also practices his specialty in the Dodge County Hospital. But, he complains, 90% of Georgians don't know what an osteopathic physician is and are apt to confuse him with "rubbin' doctors," chiropractors or outright quacks. As a result, Oliver claimed in a suit filed in U.S. district court, his practice was only about one-fourth what it would be if he could put M.D. after his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: By Any Other Name? | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

Despite these innovations, an academic wife looking for a job is apt to find one far from home; then, like Bonnie Wheeler, she must decide whether she or her husband will face the rigors of long-distance commuting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Separation in Academe | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

...tough inside. My line to him as to so many students in the 1950s was: 'You're a nice guy but not yet a good man. If you don't stand for something, you're apt to fall for nothing!' " Teacher and pupil corresponded until 1968 when, says Coffin, "Jeb joined forces with Goldwater, and I guess he thought I must have given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Coffin Course in Ethics | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

...lonely grey-beards who comb sports statistics in places like Podunk, Kansas, are not apt to be upset by the Crimson lacrosse team's ninth place rating in New England, but it is with the stigma that the stickmen journey to New Hampshire today for an all-important tilt with fourth-ranked Dartmouth...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Lacrossemen, Ranked Ninth in New England, To Confront Fourth-Ranked Dartmouth Today | 5/9/1973 | See Source »

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