Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jacob Weitzer...
Director Ron Field, scriptwriter Joe Stein and song team Peter Link and Jacob Brackman '65 were faced with a difficult problem in adapting Philippe de Broca's wonderful film about World War One in a town suddenly overrun by loonies. It's a tough act to follow, and on the whole the film still comes out ahead. But the musical version remains enjoyable; certainly it is diverting...
...some combination of drives, feelings, ways of seeing, and ways of saying--it must be not simply worn, but used; that if he remained sober, the problem would become one of seeing the universe as truly as seeing himself--and working, digging, grappling, sweating to discover his own role." --Jacob Brackman '65, in The Art of Fine Words...
...When Jacob Brackman pecked out those words 13 years ago, he was already displaying the kind of talent as a writer that would carry him... well, wherever he wanted to go. And since he gave up his position as The Crimson's Features Editor and all-round star reviewer, he has done just that...
Five starters are gone from the Bruin defense, but the top defensive backfield in the Ivies returns, featuring bona fide pro prospect Ron Brown. This unit is a couple of linebackers (co-captain Neil Jacob is kaput for the season with a broken arm) and a defensive lineman away from being devastating. As it stands now they'll just have to hold their ground while Whipple and Farnham do the rest...