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...Fourth Estate's finest hour came during the long wait for returns the day after election day, when it was apparent-but not definite-that Studds had lost. Surveying the despondent group that was waiting for the returns in a motel room with Studds, a Boston reporter said, "I don't understand why everyone's so unhappy. Why don't you stand up and cheer and say, 'Let's win one for the boss...

Author: By William B. Hamilton, | Title: The Studds Campaign: A Postscript | 12/12/1970 | See Source »

...school celebrated its good fortune by mounting a $6 million drive to build the finest education library in the country, with extensive research and teaching facilities in addition to book space...

Author: By F. MICHAEL Shear, | Title: Ed School Faculty Faces Major Reform of Programs | 12/10/1970 | See Source »

...fighter-bombers high in the Vietnamese sky. Aboard the choppers were about 40 Green Beret and Ranger troops led by Army Colonel Arthur ("The Bull") Simons, 52, a near-legendary veteran of World War II, Laos and Viet Nam. He is considered by many to be quite simply the finest derring-do combat commander in the U.S. Army. Like the 20 or so Air Force specialists manning the helicopters, all the raiders had been volunteers for a mission unknown, one with only a fifty-fifty chance of success; for many on board the choppers, it had been enough to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Acting to Aid the Forgotton Men | 12/7/1970 | See Source »

There are a few things that come first and easily to mind about Husbands: That it gives a better picture of a kind of lingering desperation than has ever been shown before; that it is John Cassavetes' finest work; and that it is an important, and a great film. Cassavetes insinuates his movie into the lives of his audience, making viewers laugh or ache as if they were reliving individual memories. Husbands may be one of the best movies anyone will ever see. It is certainly the best movie anyone will ever live through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Never Less Than Human | 12/7/1970 | See Source »

Farneti spearheaded what had to be the Crimson's finest defensive effort of the season; together with Chris Doyle and Brad Fenton and just about every one else on the defensive unit, Farneti stopped Eli drives time and again in crucial situations...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Team Gives Yovicsin Farewell Present | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

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