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Schlesinger Library is one of the country's foremost libraries devoted to the lives of women and their contributions to American society. Radcliffe will award the fellowships to undergraduates--regardless of sex--who are conducting research in the Library's specialties...
...Jeffrey Archer. The charge: that the Star falsely claimed that Archer had purchased the services of a London prostitute. Last week the jury of eight men and four women wrote a happy ending for the novelist. After deliberating for less than four hours, they found in Archer's favor, awarding him $800,000 in damages plus legal ^ costs, which are expected to run to $1.2 million. The award was the highest ever granted in a British libel case...
...imperturbable. Even on the diamond as catcher for TIME's softball team, Chief of Research Betty Satterwhite Sutter exudes the calm presence that she carries through hectic workdays. "I've been playing softball since I was eleven," says Satterwhite, who once won the team's most-improved-player award. "It helps me feel young. Besides, the camaraderie on our team, with people you work and play with, carries over into the office and helps me get through the rough times." Like her catching duties, Satterwhite's schedule requires her to monitor all the bases, dashing from one editorial meeting...
...good, fast-drying copy. Big and burly as a stereotypical Southern sheriff (a role he played in the movie of Deliverance), he strummed a guitar, partied hard and shot at deer with a bow and arrow. His collection of poems, Buckdancer's Choice, won a 1966 National Book Award, but he was also a member of the warrior class, having flown Black Widow night fighters against the Japanese in the South Pacific...
Eccentrics: he hopes that you always have plenty of them about you, and few, if any, sound thinkers. Sound thinkers appear on television; sycophants award them prizes for sound thinking. Eccentrics have a sound of their own, like the wild Englishman Lord Berners, who invited a horse to tea, or less extravagantly, Bill Russell, who played basketball to meet only his own standards of excellence. Russell told his daughter that he never heard the boos of the crowd because he never heard the cheers -- no easy feat in an age pumped up by windbags and Kirkus Reviews. Your commencement speaker...