Word: assisters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...loosely chronological narrative-a series of signed excerpts contributed by each family member-recounts the Schecters' efforts to apprehend the peculiarities of Soviet society. For Correspondent Schecter, working in Moscow meant learning how to make the most of his mamka (KGB-planted Russian journalists assigned to "assist" foreign newsmen) while cultivating nonofficial sources and picking up dissident tracts at park-bench meetings. The children had to adjust to the strict and dogmatic school system: Second-Grader Kate, for example, was taught that the light bulb and locomotive had been invented by Russians. They also found themselves-and their chewing...
Patricia A. Graham, dean of the Radcliffe Institute, Robert J. Kiely, Professor of English and Master of Adams House, Richard E. Neustadt, Professor of Government, and James C. Thomson Jr., lecturer on General Education and Curator of the Nieman Fellowships will assist journalists from the WashingtonPost, the Chicago Tribune and The Louisville Courier-Journal in choosing the 39th annual group of fellows...
Freshman center George Hughes gave his teammates an assist Saturday (five to be exact) as the Crimson jumped out to a 6-1 lead after 13:24 of the second period. Hughes, the squad's top scorer with 20 points, set up the first five goals, then won three crucial faceoffs in the final minute as the rallying Friars pressed for the tying goal with six attackers...
John McMorrow (2 goals and an assist) fired in the Friars' fifth goal at 15:01, and suddenly it looked like Harvard might be lucky to escape with another tie. Providence was provided with plenty of chances in the final five minutes, but Petrovek showed he is All-American, despite a five-goal-a-game average this season...
...have a good line," Hughes says, giving the credit to his linemates for his five-assist evening and his team-high point total, "I've just been fortunate to work with them, that...