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...articulates, and an assessment of how the candidate will do at Harvard. An excerpt from a typical interview drawn from an actual case read: "Robert Edwards [pseudonym] is one of the most likeable people I have ever met. He is a slow talking, relaxed young man with a tremendous grin...he is a warm, natural guy and should get along well here...he's a hard worker who has done reasonably well through hustle and determination...I think we would be crazy to pass him by and, by the way, I almost forgot, he's a Harvard son." The candidate...

Author: By Audrey H. Ingber and Mark J. Penn, S | Title: The Admissions Process: Target Figures, Profiles, Political Admits... | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

...words and appearance and reality, and some other things that would sound like the gamut of modern drama cliches if they weren't so funny onstage. It should really be taken in like a dose of laughing gas--without thinking about anything, just relaxing yourself into a body-wide grin. This production, directed by the talented Jeff Melvoin, was reviewed in yesterday's Crimson. It's not a perfect staging, but enough of Stoppard's near-perfect brilliance comes through to make it an enjoyable evening. Tonight, Friday, and Saturday night at 8 p.m. at the Loeb Main stage...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: THE STAGE | 3/27/1975 | See Source »

...that first genuine compliment. Fisher breaks into a genuine grin. "Why thank you," he says...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Frank Fisher | 3/17/1975 | See Source »

...generates when he performs. When I called him up from the lobby of the Hotel Lenox last week to confirm his room number, he good-naturedly answered the phone. "Arby's Chicken Palace!" As I entered his suite, he ruffled his bedspread into place, greeted me with a grin and handshake, lit some incense, sat down in a rocking chair while toying with a soccer ball, and began to talk and sometimes ramble, his verbiage interlaced with words like "cosmos" and "vibes...

Author: By Joy Horowitz, | Title: A Touch Of Taj | 3/13/1975 | See Source »

Vindictive Females. Hit men seldom encounter hostility from their victims. "When you have pie all over your face," explains Weiner, "it's hard to do anything. You can't see and you can't breathe. So you just stand there and grin." But women, in general, do not react well. "They just don't like it one bit," says Murdock. "They aren't good sports." On the other hand, reports a Minneapolis Pie Kill operative, a majority of the clients are "vindictive females...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Pieman Cometh | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

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