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...others need all the help they can get. At last spring's annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, Glenn was one of the main speakers, and he surely would have bombed if not for the work of a volunteer humor commando team: Buchwald, Shields, veteran Democratic Political Manager Frank Mankiewicz and CBS News Consultant Richard Drayne. Glenn was a hit. He pretended to praise Walter Mondale for not being "afraid to be sharply critical of the President's policies. Fortunately," Glenn added, "President Carter hasn't taken it personally...
...only one weekend a year. That one event more than any other highlights the year in Harvard sports. They call it a one-game season, the one time every 12 months that a single athletic contest dominates University life. In late November, Harvard and Yale battle on the gridiron. The Harvard Stadium goalposts did not survive the last edition of this great encounter...
...Gridiron Drama...
...first time in 77 years that such a play had been staged in the stadium, whose stone bleachers suggest a classical amphitheatre. The inspiration for the play came from a 1906 production of Aeschylus' "Agamemnon"--the last time a tragedy was staged on the gridiron. Therese Sellers '83, president of the Classics Club and leader of the play's Greek chorus, said yesterday...
...Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys and their fellow gridiron gladiators? No, far less violent. The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and the rest of the major leagues? No, even more sophisticated and spiritually uplifting. These are the major symphony orchestras of America, a group of 20 or so crack ensembles that are flourishing artistically as never before. In unprecedented numbers, they are setting new standards of excellence in performance. In the process, they are changing the face of the country's traditional orchestral establishment. Declares Sir Georg Solti, music director of the Chicago Symphony: "American orchestras are undoubtedly superior...