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...conspicuous in crowds. Gambril, whop deserted the nucleus of swimmers who followed the lure of his name and reputation into the Cambridge jungle, hoping to somehow fuse the academics and social qualities of Harvard and calibre swimming into a quixotic wonder land where having and eating one's cake would not be impossible or even out of reach. Gambril, who left a brief but indelible brank on the deck at the IAB pool, but who left nonetheless. What can you do about Don Gambril...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Where Have All the Heroes Gone? | 9/1/1973 | See Source »

...staid headquarters of General Motors last week, officers of the United Auto Workers jokingly presented company executives with a huge white cake iced with the words 30 AND OUT NOW! They were emphasizing the union's push for retirement with a monthly pension of $650 after 30 years' employment-whatever a worker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Work's Too Long | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

...classes? Why can't a professor decide whether or not someone can listen to his or her lecture. Those that want to buy their credits and diplomas can do so, as well as those who want to have it recorded that they went to Haaaaavard. All can have their cake and eat it too. But why send Oliver Twist to bed hungry? Would a few extra bowls of knowledge really bankrupt THE Corporation? Some people think education is priceless; by requiring people to pay money, others make education worthless. I am one, I speak for many. My name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT THE DICKENS? | 7/27/1973 | See Source »

...word report, Nadler declared that Patty Cake-for the sake of her emotional stability-and the perpetuation of her endangered species-should go home. Lulu, Patty Cake's mother, clearly agreed. When she saw her long lost baby, she shrieked and shrieked, then picked her up and gave her a big kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 2, 1973 | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

Aunt Augusta crowds the apartment she and Wordsworth share with souvenirs of her continental high life, but they give it only a faded ratty elegance. Glass ornaments flash everywhere -- the powder jars and pin bowls, gold cherubs and a chandelier that looks like an upside-down wedding cake are cheap reminders of now hollow dreams. For at 70, she is unmarried, childless, and penniless, and the mauve colored gauze through which she views her world cannot protect her from...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Travels With My Aunt | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

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