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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...student leaders--Christian, Conrad R. Belt, 1L, Charles J. Beard, 2L, and Philip N. Lee, 1L--said that concern among the black students was aroused by the report, which was prepared by Richard T. Seymour...

Author: By Charles J. Hamilton jr., | Title: Blacks Meet Bok, Charge Hiring Bias By Dorm Builder | 5/21/1968 | See Source »

...21/2 hour running-time seem one-tenth as long as the uninhibited zaniness that keeps the performers flying through their material. They do everything and anything. In one sketch, medieval knights running around in cloaks bearing the peace symbol suddenly break into a ludicrous song about a chastity belt. Ten minutes later a thumping South African chant turns into a wild dance accompanied by a myriad of homemade instruments. When they aren't singing, the company takes turns playing whites and blacks shooting each other. (The politics of Wait a Minim are strongly anti-apartheid, by the way.) Absurdity runs...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Wait A Minim | 5/17/1968 | See Source »

...anything about it. King Constantine remains in exile in a Rome hotel, with little prospect of returning to Greece soon; about his only public activity recently was to be guest of honor at an international karate contest in Rome's Olympic Village (he holds a black belt). Other Greeks abroad are not, however, so fatalistic; in city after city this week, they protested the military dictatorship. Actress Melina Mercouri, who has made opposition to the junta a second career, flew into London for a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, and similar rallies were scheduled for, among other places, Chicago, Montreal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece: A Sort of Celebration | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...Northeastern freshmen have been working out regularly with their varsity this spring and have two races under their belt. The first race is always a psychological trial-by-fire for a freshman crew, and Harvard will be laboring under this disadvantage. But Washburn, who is unaccustomed to predicting victories against anyone, says "I think we'll beat them...

Author: By Tom Reston, | Title: Heavies Open Season Today on Charles | 4/20/1968 | See Source »

...automatic machine that has three buttons: one for "short," extra-strong coffee, another for "long," slightly weaker coffee, and a third for a continuous flow of coffee to fill a pot. Valente hopes that the variety of the new machine will help to lengthen what he calls the "espresso belt." It now runs through Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and parts of Austria and Germany. The U.S., Valente admits, has so far shown relatively little taste for coffee Italian style. But he is sure the habit is exportable on a larger scale. For as any espresso guzzler would attest, it represents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Espresso on the Run | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

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