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...play of Rick LaCivita, Art Faden and Bob Magee sparked Harvard in the first half as the Crimson line finally came alive. But defensive lapses in the second half allowed Yale to pop two quick goals past Steve Kidder and doom Harvard's chances of an upset...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Fall to Bulldogs, 3-1, in Finale, But Harvard Offense Displays Strength | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

...archpoetic rebel and social critic, Auden was all bang and no whim per. The infected society "needs death, death of the grain . . . Death of the old gang." Nobody was better than he at describing a private attack of the hoo-has, personal angst, and a public sense of doom wrapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Auden: The Sage of Anxiety | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...personage who may possess it. Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor, for instance, who has already sent his dread black Ring-wraiths coursing through Middle-earth to seize it. The only hope for peace lies with poor Frodo. He must journey to the very heart of darkness, to Mount Doom in Mordor, and drop the ring into the volcanic Crack of Doom, there to be destroyed forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Eucatastrophe | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

...plan, which panders to coeducation and expansion at the same time, was formulated to simultaneously appease students who wanted more women at Harvard, and alumni who would not accept a reduction in male enrollment. The decision has already sealed the doom of Hunt Hall, and each oversized class that it brings to Cambridge will act as a wedge to force Cambridge residents away from Harvard Square. As long as the priorities of prestige and academic whim guide Harvard's plans, the University will face tough decisions about where and how to build...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Construction: | 9/1/1973 | See Source »

...THERE are other noblemen desiring the kingdom of Corinth: Paidoboron, the weather-beaten visionary of the North, who reads in the stars impending doom; and Koprophoros, the mystic Asiatic, who suggests finally that reason alone is not good enough in Jason's absurd world, and that men cannot deny the passions of their bodies. The philosophical argument is set: reason vs. love, mind vs. body, nature vs. civilization, law vs. chaos. And through it all there is another voyage. John Gardner too, has set out on an impossible quest. Oddly enough he has Jason pronounce his presence...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Fleecing the Myths | 7/27/1973 | See Source »

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