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...coeds help him keep naughty Kepesh at bay; nice Kepesh becomes a perceptive student of Anton Chekhov's "romantic disillusionment" and wins a Fulbright scholarship. In London, disaster - and on the other hand, bliss. Kepesh takes up lodgings with two Swedish girls, one of whom outstrips his most humid sexual fantasies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Return of a Jewish Centaur | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...humid enough to force a mid-day change of the essentials, crowded enough to make Nat Sci 118 seem relevant, and for the few thousand Harvard students who were wandering semi-aimlessly around the Yard yesterday, it was the opening day of school...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: A Sluggish Opening Day At Harvard | 9/20/1977 | See Source »

...night of the blackout, the New York metropolitan area was sweltering under a blanket of hot, humid air. With air conditioners whirring everywhere and electrical load high-though still far below the levels expected later this summer-Con Ed was importing from neighboring utilities about one-third of the electricity it was delivering to its customers. That in itself was not unusual. In the battle to keep its rates from soaring even higher. Con Ed has lately been buying more and more electricity from nearby companies that can provide cheaper power. Yet what made Con Ed especially vulnerable that soggy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: WHY THE LIGHTS WENT OUT | 7/25/1977 | See Source »

That scene reflects in miniature the contradictions in the movie. With slow, silent accuracy, the camera picks out the details of the conquistadors' movement: the absurdity of their costumes in the humid sun, their lack of respect for their Indian slaves, their devotion to the cross, their reliance on weaponry, their confidence. No one talks as they slog through the mud: the audience is left to discern on its own the nature of their journey, to predict their success from the stand-point of uninformed, unaided observers...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: In Search of El Dorado | 7/19/1977 | See Source »

Thompson's friend, Sooni Taraporevala '79, said the hot, humid weather makes her homesick for India. "Come on legs, tan!" Taraporevala exclaimed...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Don't Like It? Just Wait a Week... | 5/18/1977 | See Source »

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