Word: center
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...first, he didn't have to travel far for material--Cambridge is the center for so many Neo-Oriental movements that it has been called "Benares-on-the-Charles." Interest in the Orient has not sprung up overnight in this country like some magical circle of mushrooms. A fascination with the faraway and the unfamiliar is especially pronounced among Americans whose ancestors must have had a similar burning inquisitiveness (as well as economic need) to leave the Old World for the New. And the China trade, even more than the old legends of Marco Polo or the march...
...weeks ago, in fact, their entry into the U.S. had been temporarily denied-and four concerts canceled-because members of the group had minor criminal records. But no repro-vals were necessary at the Great South East Music Hall (capacity 500), which is located in an Atlanta shopping center. Vicious' worst offense offstage came from his penchant for flagrant free enterprise. He cheekily charged reporters for interviews, asking what he thought the traffic would bear but settling for as little...
...showdown will occur this Sunday on the Superdome sidelines as well as between the goal lines. It could be more exciting than the game, which?if this year's Super Bowl follows the soporific pattern of recent years?may be a dogged defensive struggle. Certainly Denver's strategy will center on its magnificent 3-4 Orange Crush. When asked whom the Cowboys feared most among that band, Landry replied: "All eleven guys. They play as if they were backed into a corner and fighting to get out." Dallas' flex 4-3 defense, led by N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year...
...archaic industrial area (which is no more). Most of all, its accessibility benefits the cus tomer; indeed, it was designed as a "people place." As the plans evolved, it was agreed that it would not be just a foot ball palace, but a multipurpose sporting-business-conven tion-cultural center that could revitalize the sensual, sickly Blanche DuBois of cities...
DIED. Paul Jacobs, 59, investigative reporter, left-wing political gadfly and author (Is Curly Jewish?, Prelude to Riot); of cancer; in San Francisco. A Trotskyite during the '30s, he worked for many years in the labor movement. In 1956 he became staff director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, a liberal think tank. One of the first reporters to warn of the dangers of radioactive fallout from U.S. nuclear testing, he later attributed his cancer to radioactive poisoning contracted while working on his articles...