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...Every councillor has an inalienable right to grandstand, but I think restraint should be shown here," Councillor Robert Moncreiff said. "I'm no fan of Nixon, but the damage caused to Cambridge in the disturbance cannot really be traced directly...
Evidently, Allende did just that. It was Castro's first appearance anywhere outside Cuba in seven years, and his first in South America in twelve.* But instead of playing to the grandstand, Castro kept pretty much to himself, which was apparently just what his host had prescribed. Castro spent two quick days laying wreaths and touring factories in Santiago, then set off on an extensive trip covering the spiny Andean country's entire 2,600-mile length. Everywhere he went, Castro ducked reporters, protesting that he was "under protocol...
Within seconds of Colombo's shooting, all three guards were very much in evidence, menacing bystanders with pistols or, in the case of Augello, dashing from one side of the grandstand to the other, punching strangers who got in his way. It is unlikely that any of the three killed Johnson...
Since the coaches couldn't agree (they even re-opened negotiations in the Franklin Field grandstand after the Heps meet), the seemingly simple top-two formula was used. What the formula resulted in was the selection of 21 Men of Harvard for the 31-man squad. It also meant that outgoing Captain Walter Johnson, who ran third in the high hurdles behind teammate Dewey Hickman, will stay behind, and New Captain Bud Wilson, who ran second in the 220, won't be able to go because he was 2 seconds behind freshman Austin O'Connor, who will get the trip...
...become the source of some crude, easy laughs. In partial compensation there are a couple of very funny performances by Vincent Schiavelli, playing a freak who tutors the S.P.F.C. in the art of blowing grass, and Buck Henry, whose acting shows shrewd restraint and a gratifying lack of the grandstand mugging that marred his appearance in Catch...