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Mahoney expresses mixed feelings" about his Harvard experience, lauding the University as one of "the finest research centers in the world" but criticizing it for not having "taken a great deal of interest in the undergraduates. It kind of falls short as a college...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Bound for Calcutta | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

...year's 6-7-2 marks the booters gave up any hopes of winning the Ivy title when they lost to underdog Princeton, 2-0, and failed to draw on NCAA tournament berth. Nevertheless, the season ended on a happy note, with the Crimson putting on one of its finest performances of the season, battling Yale head to head and coming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Sports | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

Harvard Law School appears the picture of serenity and timelessness. To the untrained eye, nothing could ever change there--behind the stone white walls, on which the names of the finest legal scholars are etched, the process of churning out a group of fine lawyers continues from year to year...

Author: By Lewis J. Liman, | Title: Legal Battle | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

DIED. Hoyt Fuller, 57, educator and literary critic who, as managing editor of Negro Digest and its successor Black World between 1961 and 1976, helped turn the magazine into a showcase for the nation's finest black writers; of a heart attack; in Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 25, 1981 | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

...green with home team hope again. The Celtics last week reclaimed their crown by beating the upstart but impressive Houston Rockets, four games to two. The guys in the funny sneakers won in classic Celtic style: sweeping the air of rebounds, then dashing upcourt with the game's finest fast break. In the final game, played before 16,121 screaming Houston fans, Boston withstood a dazzling fourth-quarter resurgence by the Rockets. Over a five-minute stretch, Houston scored 16 points to a mere two for Boston, whittling the Celtic lead from 15 points to three. But Forward Cedric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: What's Green and Goes Swish? | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

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