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Freshman Nancy Graber flunked out of Vassar College in the spring of 1970 because, she says, her roommate held all-night drug parties in their dormitory room. She is now suing Vassar for $1 million because, she claims, Vassar did nothing to stop the activity...
...crew were hustled inside the stifling aircraft, demolition squads wired up explosive charges under the wings of each plane. Popular Front leaders demanded new guarantees from Red Cross negotiators that none of the five nations were contemplating a rescue attack on the airfield. Said Swiss Foreign Minister Pierre Graber: "If these assurances were not forthcoming, they said that they would push the button." The commandos got their assurances from the Western powers Friday night, but Israel stated its position carefully. Speaking on the state radio, Deputy Premier Yigal Allon said, "I would not suggest speaking about military measures at this...
...house lights go out, a howling mob in the rear charges through the audience. Fans scream. Unshakeable photographers, like the Italian paparazzi, click their cameras. The reason? Berowne (in a mod green and lavender outfit), Longaville (Ted Graber), and Dumaine (Anthony Mainionis) have arrived, with Air India tote-bags slung over their shoulder, intent on making a retreat--just like a trio of Beatles. The King (Charles Siebert), bearded, barefoot, and white-gowned, is their chosen guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, speaking in a foreign accent. The constable Dull (Rex Everhart) is in khaki uniform with a sergeant's chevrons...
...evidence, Graber put together a montage of gems from recent themes produced by Muhlenberg freshmen: "Now of days it is quite difficult to find a student who doesn't have a devil-makes-hair attitude and take his educational opportunity for granite. The student does not do his upmost in his studies, nor does he possess the self-insurance necessary for him to face the complexing problems of college...
...reason for such college illiteracy, Graber firmly believes, is TV's strictly phonetic teaching. The more the student watches TV, the more he learns new words through spoken rather than written language. "Because of the slovenliness of American speech and the ease with which words can be misunderstood, he does not hear the word correctly. Since he does very little reading, he has no idea that he is using the wrong word, for he has never seen the expression in print...