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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Probably the first thing anybody should know about the history of the Charles Eliot Norton Chair of Poetry is that there isn't any history. The official history of Harvard by Samuel Eliot Morison doesn't contain a single word about the lectureship. That's because it was founded too recently, in 1926, and for Harvard any event in the twentieth century isn't distant enough to be historical. Even E.J. Kahn's popular work, Harvard, Through Change and Through Storm, fails to mention the Norton lectures. And the Harvard archives doesn't contain a great deal of material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mystique of the Norton Lectures | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

...extent that some lacerating critics suggest. The U.S. has committed major errors and tactical blunders, but it also scarcely had the power to contain some of the recent upheavals. John Tuthill, director of the Atlantic Institute in Paris, notes that "there is a good old typical American reaction that we are responsible for all that goes wrong in every country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECIAL SECTION: ONCE AGAIN, AN AGONIZING REAPPRAISAL | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

...proposed by retired Army Lieut. General James Gavin, who in 1966 pro posed that American forces draw back to such easily defended enclaves along the South Vietnamese coast as Nha Trang, Cam Ranh, Qui Nhon and Danang itself. These populous cities have economic and military value; they also contain vital facilities such as harbors and airstrips that offer the best opportunity for successful defense. Although most American military experts rejected the enclave strategy when Gavin first proposed it, many of them are now giving Thieu high marks for his strategy of retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: THIEU'S RISKY RETREAT | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

...story Colby wanted to contain was a strange tale of CIA derring-do: the attempted raising of a sunken Soviet submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean. But when Jack Anderson broke the news on a radio show last week and forced his cautions colleagues into print with their versions, the strangest tale was not the underwater espionage ballet, but the story of how the CIA convinced 11 respected news organizations to withhold, rather than distribute, the news...

Author: By Scott A. Kaufer, | Title: It's All in the Family | 3/28/1975 | See Source »

...with the strict Speed Handicapping theorem. Beyer strings together an entertaining series of short stories about his experiences at the track. That's not so unusual--all horse players love to tell stories of close finishes and amazing upsets. What makes Beyer's yarns different is that they each contain a moral, an underlying piece of horseracing truth. The sum of these truths provides even the novice with a sound basis for winning at the races...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: The Logic of Equine Illogic | 3/25/1975 | See Source »

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