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Thoughts of a Northeastern team winning a Beanpot in anything did their best to unravel the usual crisp attack of the Huskies at the outset. Northeastern found itself on top only 1-0 at the end of the first, thanks mainly to some spirited back-checking and occasional offense by Harvard...
They are the high priests of libido--Malone is gloriously handsome, haunted by a vision of ideal love unattainable in a sterile, superficial homosexual world, Gatsby in drag; Sutherland, a Quentin Crisp, queer before it became chic, is doomed by his undersized member, a homosexual leper. With his speed and Quaaludes, his chiffons and Estee Lauder and bridge games and Egyptian groupies, Sutherland is Holleran's one truly brilliant creation. Sutherland provides much of the bitchy humor that makes Dancer, if nothing else, one of the funnier books of the year...
...What happened was an indictment of all women," said National Republican Chair Mary Crisp...
...high point was meeting with Teng in the Great Hall of the People, the first such session for American newsmen with a leader of the People's Republic. Teng fielded questions with ease and even showed a touch for one-liners. When a newsman complimented him on his crisp replies, Teng cracked, "Since I have no parliamentary experience, I don't know how to make long speeches...
...Philadelphia suddenly showed signs of youthful abandon. She underwent a facelift, retook her maiden name, and declared she would no longer laze around for half the day. So, late last year, the decorous but declining Evening Bulletin (circ. 517,000) rechristened itself the Bulletin and emerged with a crisp new design enlivened by extensive use of color, a greater emphasis on sports and local news and, most important, a new edition on the newsstands by 7 a.m., three hours earlier than before...