Word: handfuls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...building after closing hours and climbed out onto the roof of the Widener rooms housing one of the few Gutenberg Bibles in the world. The man broke through two skylight windows, lowered himself into the chamber and removed the extremely heavy volumes from their case. Bible in hand, he began to climb the knotted rope, but midway up, he fell to the concrete floor. The robber's moans brought one of the night janitors running. "He was terribly injured but he wasn't killed," says Bryant. "The two volumes were barely damaged...
...composer had planned to attend the concert; his death in January at age 56 makes this performance a timely tribute to a stormy giant of American music. Trumpeter par excellence Ted Curson, who was a member of the Mingus Jazz Workshop in the early 60's, will be on hand to provide some of the spirit that Mingus passed on to all those with whom he played...
Athletic director Jack Reardon '60 and assistant director Nicki Janus will lead a discussion on the current status of Title IX legislation tonight at 7:30 in Science Center A. With Harvard coaches and athletes on hand, the discussion should prove lively...
Academic integrity and freedom are essential in any self-respecting university which should try as much as possible to remain independent of government control and open about its activities. On the other hand, it is very easy to exaggerate how badly public confidence in academic institutions will be shaken by covert recruitment of American students. If academics observe and then pass on the names of particular pupils, their university is neither subverted by the CIA nor does it become a training ground for dubious covert operations...
...asking for an affirmative reply to be returned to a post office box if the student wishes his name to be forwarded. In this way, the student's name should not even reach the CIA if he does not wish it. Covert recruitment of foreign students, on the other hand, must be opposed on grounds of intelligence efficiency, civil liberties and morality. Strict controls over this practice should be included by Congress in the new CIA charter...