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...sense of living in a right, light community was comforting. But such homogeneity, even when centered on THE GREAT IDEAS, was containing: "boring" indeed springs to the lips! To discover an institution comprised of intellectuals, plus athletes, plus aesthetes, plus clubbies, plus careerists, plus beggars and bakers and candlestick makers, was to rediscover part of my own humanity. (My memory of Chicago reflects my narrowness at the time, no doubt, more than the University's: still, there's some justice...
When the San Francisco Giants play in windy Candlestick Park, a man with owlish spectacles, tight lips, an aquiline nose and a stern gaze usually sits in a front-row seat, 70 ft. from home plate. Arthur Rock, 57, has been a Giants fan for 25 years, watching batters try to sort curve balls from sliders and change-ups from screwballs. Since the late 1950s. Rock has been carefully scrutinizing pitches of another kind-start-up bids by young technology companies-and when he goes for one of these, he rarely misses. Says San Francisco Venture Capitalist Thomas Perkins: "Arthur...
...where their principal function is decorative." Some phones are designed as objets d'art: a porcelain unit with a hand-knotted silk cord ($495); the shimmering Shellamar Abalone, with its own pearlescent finish ($250) by TeleConcept Inc. of Hartford, Conn. Others are objets de nostalgia: the 1930s-vintage Candlestick ($139) with its separate mouthpiece and earpiece; the Country Junction ($265), which has an oak case and two brass bells...
...Williams homered at Fenway Park. The Boston fans clamored for Williams to come back out of the dugout and take a final bow. He never did. After Morgan's homer that resolved everything so neatly, Little Joe took his curtain call and waved his cap to Candlestick Park...
...Francisco 49ers, a Cinderella team like Bengals, have never been to the Super Bowl, but they will meet Cincinnati in Pontiac two weeks from now by virtue of their 28-27 squeaker over the Dallas Cowboys yesterday at Candlestick Park. The 49ers clinched victory when they recovered a Danny White fumble with 30 seconds left as the Cowboys were driving to a winning score. Seconds earlier San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana, who three three touchdown passes on the day, had completed a six-yd. TD strike to Dwight Clark to give his team the lead in what had been...