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Most of what is laudable in the Harvard-Yale rivalry occurs directly on the playing field. The final whistle leaves the losers dejected at best, but usually still able to congratulate their vanquishers. In the twentieth century most outings have involved little if any intentional violence. Cynics might argue that...

Author: By Robert L. Ullman, | Title: Clotheslines and Leather | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

The interview was taped only four days after the Communist takeover in Saigon. Although Kissinger's aides suggested that his aim was "to make foreign policy understandable," he quite clearly had a second purpose: to show that the Secretary of State was alive and well and not (as some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Henry in the Morning | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

Unfortunately, The Towering Inferno is not content to think of itself as a combination of simple moralism, abstract beauty and adventure. Instead, it tries to be a public service film, a sort of Unsafe At An, Height. The fire chief leaves us with the impression that any building higher than...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Burn, Baby, Burn | 5/15/1975 | See Source »

Watson went into a state of pan demonium as the already frenetic fans went delirious and the whole Harvard bench erupted out onto the ice and swarmed Gauthier. The Yale bench on the other hand, was the most dejected group of athletes seen around here since the '68 Harvard Yale...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Harvard Takes Watson Thriller From Yale, 3-2 | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

The film's poor direction will limit its exposure is much as its volatile content. Winter Soldier lacks both imagination and precision functioning at the same level of artistry as a small-town newscast. It was produced by a film collective proud to work without a director, but unfortunately no...

Author: By Gilbert B. Kaplan, | Title: Winter Soldier | 12/12/1972 | See Source »

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