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...Gilbert Green, 21, a football player at Florida State University, was sitting on the right side of the plane as the fire broke out. "It started to singe my arm," he recalled. "Right then the plane broke in half and I was shot out of the way of the fire. [The fuselage] broke off right in front of me. All the seats in front of me went the other way." Most of the survivors were in the smoking section. Said one: "That's the first time a cigarette ever saved my life." Even two dogs in the rear cargo section...
...libel cases be headed off? They often can, argued Gilbert Cranberg, Gallup professor of journalism at Iowa, summarizing the Iowa study at a convention of the Organization of News Ombudsmen in Minneapolis. The ombudsman, clumsy title and all, is usually an older editorial hand delegated to hear out and judge reader complaints. This can be a touchy assignment. Since he was not involved in the original story and does not feel defensive about it, he may be readier to recommend a correction or even an apology. Though there are about 1,800 daily newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, there...
After graduation, Shish plans on joining a mariachi band and playing viola in an amateur orchestra. Although graduation is a few months away, Shish has a full slate of performances ahead of him right here at Harvard which include playing viola in the Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ production of “Princess...
...Harvard College Professors. The new recipients of the title—the most distinguished a professor can attain at the College—are Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Howard Georgi, Professor of Psychology Daniel T. Gilbert, Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Lino Pertile, and Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer...
Perhaps we have in the past dismissed the theater too hastily as a training ground for leadership. A renowned drama teacher and director, Father Gilbert Hartke of Catholic University, who has known Reagan for 45 years, believes so. Theater isolates and defines the human dimensions more clearly than anything else, says Father Hartke. A skilled actor with good character is instructed by the parts he plays. An actor, perhaps more than most other people, studies courage and failure and bravery and cowardice. "The success of an actor," Father Hartke insists, "depends finally on how much the actor really loves people...