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Harris fell four stories before he was able to grab another rope dangling nearby. The rope burned his hands, but he hung on as he slid down it. "I could see the hide coming off my hands," Harris said later, "but I figured if I held on I wouldn't be finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Fantastic Fall | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...racist, but they do have occasional bursts of brilliance. The problem is that they're generally convinced of their genius. Two years ago, after a series of racist items in the magazine (how does a cover showing the statue of John Harvard with a black child shining its shoes grab you?), black students demanded that the University take action against the 'Poonies, as they are affectionately, or at least commonly called. There was, as usual, a lot of talk, but they were not disciplined, as they form an independent organization. They were reprimanded, however, and they have toned down that...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Harvard Publications: The Good, the Bad and the Silly | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...letters about petulant shipping heiresses all the time, and frankly I'm fed up. My advice is that Sergei should go down to Athens, grab Christina by the scruff of her attractive neck, drag her back to his mother's place and make her wash those socks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITIES: Ms. Lonelyhearts Gets a Letter | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...Rolling Stones, summer has been a whirlwind tour of the U.S. with a small army of technicians and groupies, to showcase a grab bag of gritty songs from a sizzling new album, Some Girls. On most of their dates, the Stones have rolled around ever-devilish Mick Jagger. But in Tucson, Ariz., the group added a bit of Sunbelt beauty to its act. Announced Jagger: "Now we're going to have a hometown girl sing with us and give her a chance." As any frequenter of Ronstadt's Hardware store in Tucson might have known, the guest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 14, 1978 | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...City, through its photography director, John Szarkowski. MOMA's main summer show is entitled "Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960." It is a sampling of 200 works by 100 American photographers, curated and introduced by Szarkowski in his usual eloquent, aphoristic and pugnacious style. It is, inevitably, a grab bag, but one with coherent strands in it, and likely to hold considerable influence for the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mirrors and Windows | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

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