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It is even more likely that the land will be sold if Calvin W. Stillman '39, a descendant of the original donor, has his way. Stillman wrote in a 1966 report. "The Issues in the Storm King Controversy," that he felt "the plant as planned constitutes no significant blight upon...

Author: By Richard J. Meislin, | Title: Harvard Showdown at Black Rock Unlikely | 2/11/1972 | See Source »

Behind a cupboard in his home, police found the entrance to a windowless room containing books on black magic and witchcraft, a nail-studded raincoat, and an altar draped with black velvet. During his five-day trial, it came out that Paisnel believed that he was a descendant of Gilles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Hermit of Les Ecr | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

Out of Decay. Up to a point, Bacon's art, in all its hazard and abiding strangeness, grows out of the terms of his life. Born in Ireland in 1909, a descendant of the great Elizabethan Sir Francis Bacon, he spent a childhood whose ambience was decayed status, country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Out of the Black Hole | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

The novel venture in role versatility was conceived by the Norwegian Family Council, a state-financed organization that lobbies for legislation aimed at improving family life. After working out plans with the help of University of Oslo Sociologist Erik Gronseth, the council recruited couples willing to participate in the role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Swapping Family Roles | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

What Beverly has shown since 1966 is that an American singer can take up where Maria Callas left off. Callas, now virtually retired, had a soaring, flexible voice that projected a matchless dramatic intensity. In the 1950s, among other roles, she almost singlehanded revived the ornate bel canto repertory of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Beverly Sills: The Fastest Voice Alive | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

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