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...mathematical equations whimsically demonstrating the point of "See How the Fates Their Gifts Allot," perhaps the show's wittiest number. This was not the only bit of business that came off--the tableau effects during "The criminal cried" were excellent, and the ruffling and unruffling of large gold foil fans during "A More Humane Mikado" nearly stopped the show. And Katisha's new image as an angular, sympathetic giantess instead of a short, fat grouch worked well as one of the few departures from convention among the characterizations...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Trouble in Titipu | 12/11/1974 | See Source »

...foil competition, Harvard's Phillippe Bennett won all three of his matches to lead the Crimson to a lopsided 6-3 win in the event...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Harvard Fencers Thrash Feeble MIT Squad, 18-9, For First Win of Season | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

Solee said that the loss of Johan Akerman, last year's top Engineer foil man, hurt his team badly. Akerman, the 1974 Intercollegiate Fencing Association foil champ, was drafted into the Swedish army last summer...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Harvard Fencers Thrash Feeble MIT Squad, 18-9, For First Win of Season | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

...have three freshmen on the foil team. They've only been fencing for two months, so they'll improve a lot," Solee added...

Author: By Steven M. Heller, | Title: Harvard Fencers Thrash Feeble MIT Squad, 18-9, For First Win of Season | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

...William Crimmins. Fifty-four large works by 40 artists have been installed on the island's shores, in its shopping center and around the gardens of its mansions: an encyclopedia of large-scale sculpture from the U.S. and Europe. "Monumenta" runs through Oct. 13, providing an unexpected cultural foil to the America's Cup races...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sea with Monuments | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

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