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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...secondly, I would like to clear up a quote that appeared not entirely in context. It should not be implied that WHRB "discovered" Private Lightning, The Tweeds, or any number of other promising local bands. The point is that, because of our lack of commitment to ARB statistics or dependence on profit-oriented programming, we at WHRB not only have the desire but also the means to provide these bands with an opportunity to be heard on the airwaves of Boston/Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrong Number | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...genital relationship." He continues, "You know, there is so much misuse of sex--so often two people manipulate each other for their common gratification, that there is a need for a community such as ours which is a witness to a healthy manifestation of sexuality, but in a different context...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Island of Tranquility On Memorial Drive: The Anglican Monastery | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Another problem is that some of the clever word plays in the book become thudding puns in Looking Glass because they are taken out of their original context. The funniest parts of the show are those in which the adaptor's hand is least conspicuous, as in the Tweedledum-Tweedledee episode...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Failure in Matherland | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

...places in a class will feel this shrinkage because their doctoral candidates will find, as so many are now finding, that there is no market for their skills. Indeed, of all the immediate challenges facing the major research universities--to sustain research libraries, to support academic science in the context of a university population that will shrink, to plan the direction of medical education, to finance graduate students and to embrace part-time or older students in new patterns--of all these challenges, the most difficult and internally consequential will be the need to attract into the academic profession...

Author: By A. BARTLETT Giamatti, | Title: The Role of a University | 10/31/1978 | See Source »

Allen has succeeded as a comedian because he understands people's serious motivations. Interiors errs on the side of diligence--he tried too hard to stifle the humor, to create an "art film." But for all that, it is worth seeing. In the context of his career, Allen's debut on the serious screen was a credible effort, distinguished by solid acting and an ambitious conception. If Allen's neurotic energy drives him to keep working on serious movies, Interiors should prove to have been a good investment...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Woody Allen's Other Side | 10/31/1978 | See Source »

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