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Beckett's artistic paradox is that he destroys his art in the act of fully realizing it; his personal paradox is that loneliness and elusiveness should make him so widely known to the public. Such exposure presents dangers. An art of such simplicity can be easily smoothed away into cliche...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Sum of Nothings | 10/25/1973 | See Source »

To paraphrase an old sports cliche, "finishing second in a sailing meet is like kissing your sister." The strong Crimson sailing team managed to collect three seconds and only one first place finish in last weekend's major events.

Author: By William E. Stedman, | Title: Sailors Win First, Garner 3 Seconds In Weekend Races | 10/10/1973 | See Source »

Abusive Practice. Characteristically, Miss Mitford weakens her case by sardonic excesses. She is capable of snapping that a man with a dicebox might grant and deny paroles as fairly as most boards. If she has met in her travels an idealistic or even an effective penologist, she neglects to report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stir-Crazy | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

This kind of glib trendiness sloppily obscures both the origins of student rebellion here and the changes it has undergone in the past year. The very real events which quickened the anger of students--most notably the war in Indochina--are purposely forgotten by the technicolor pictures, the catchy, cute...

Author: By Dainel Swanson, | Title: Harvard Was Quiet, But Vietnam Will Win | 9/1/1973 | See Source »

Fairway pundits have been trying to explain what makes Tom Weiskopf tick ever since he joined the professional golf tour in 1964. It became a clubhouse cliche that the rangy (6 ft. 3 in.) blond with the sweet swing had all the moves but none of the grit, cool or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Coming of Age at 30 | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

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