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...second proposal would be a boon to students who get cold feet about thesis-writing after they have elected to try for departmental honors; if accepted, it would permit such students to switch into the General Studies program even after they were well under way with their senior tutorial projects...
...lifted a long, high kick up the middle of the field which Eb Kluflo gathered in and converted into a goal by outrunning the Columbia fullbacks in the grand style of Ohiri and Billy Ward. Williams' set-up demonstrated once again how his defensive play can be a positive boon to the Crimson offense...
Musicals are often the bane and sometimes the boon of Broadway's existence. The coursing humor of Abe Burrows and the kinetic energy of Robert Morse's performance help to make How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying one of those rare musicomedy triumphs of form over formula. The belly laugh is the convulsive vogue at A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, where Zero Mostel, lewdly assisted by clowns and houris, is pillaging the comic genius of Plautus to vulgar and insane perfection...
Musicals are often the bane and sometimes the boon of Broadway's existence. The coursing humor of Abe Burrows and the kinetic energy of Robert Morse's performance help to make How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying one of those rare musicomedy triumphs of form over formula. The belly laugh is the convulsive vogue at A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, where Zero Mostel, lewdly assisted by clowns and houris, is pillaging the comic genius of Plautus to vulgar and insane perfection...
...Boon v. Boondoggles. The two disagree on everything else. Breeding seems unworried about Cuba ("I go along pretty strongly with what President Kennedy's doing about Cuba"); Dole argues for action ("I think a naval blockade has possible merit, and I'm concerned about any thought that the Monroe Doctrine may be outmoded"). On domestic economic issues, Breeding has voted with the Kennedy Administration. Dole has not. Says he: "No Kennedy leader has mentioned the possibility of reducing a program, any federal program. They want a $900 million boondoggle on public works. They've added...