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Professor of astronomy and space sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, Dr. Sagan is the author of The Cosmic Connection...
...this time of cosmic crackup, a twelve-year-old girl named Emily is inexplicably thrust upon the narrator, as if the child represented one last responsibility in the old-fashioned sense of the word. Under the extreme pressures put upon her, the girl swiftly and somewhat surrealistically goes through many of the phases and feelings of a woman's life in a relatively short period. The narrative, so far as there is one, describes Emily's odd, intense relationships with her new guardian, with her lover Gerald (a natural leader who founds a commune), and Hugo...
...events can have carried such a clear cosmic message as the recent running of the Kentucky Derby [May 12]. While two horses fought for the lead, a third came up from behind and stole the purse. The two horses intent only on challenging each other for the favorite's position were Avatar and Diabolo. Avatar means a deity. Diabolo means devil. So, while the deity contended with Lucifer, who dashed home first? Foolish Pleasure. Let that be a happy lesson...
...Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, no subject has been too cosmic, no issue too complex. In the past 16 years, the center has boldly sought to "clarify the basic issues and widen the circle of discussion about them." An offshoot of the Fund for the Republic, an organization dedicated to defending civil liberties, the center was organized by Robert Hutchins, iconoclastic former president of the University of Chicago. Amidst the seaside splendor of a 43-acre Mediterranean-style estate in Santa Barbara, Calif., the center's scholars pursued Hutchins' formidable goal. An average of three mornings...
...word got to Gato that Smith was doing good things with the plano and it wasn't long before the saxophonist boosted him to "featuring" status on his latest albums. The logical extension of all this is happening this weekend as Smith brings in his own group, the Cosmic Echoes, to Boston for a few nights' stay at the Jazz Workshop. Smith's a romantic, but not incurably so--more of the McCoy Tyner variety. He never gets too syrupy to be unenjoyable. Shows at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. matinee Sunday...