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...ticket price for the eight-and-one-half hour show, which is based on the novel by Charles Dickens, is normally $100. But by special arrangement, the tickets will be sold to Harvard students for $60. Michael D. Kustow, lecturer on Dramatic Arts, said yesterday, adding, "I was very keen for my students...
Harvard next squared off against the Queens (N.Y.) AAU Club, a group of former collegiate water polo players. A very physical team in a normally physical sport, the New Yorkers demonstrated a keen knowledge of the game, but could not match the Crimson aquamen's swimming ability, succumbing...
From the operation of the project as its own entity grows a keen sense of family. Every day residents meet in the den or family room for the "morning focus," during which general problems and goals are discussed. During the stay--which can last anywhere from nine to 13 months--an addict, depending on his progress, will be granted certain privileges, like the opportunity to receive visitors or to leave the building for a visit home. The difficult rehabilitation process hinges on the obligation of "family" members to support one another...
...Corona, Bishop lives contentedly in Florida. "I had a glassy, superficial style and a seasoned touch for saying a lot in a few words," he says of his life's work. He is too modest. Bishop had strong legs, a sharp eye and, perhaps his greatest gift, a keen appreciation for fate's small amusements. The day Jim Bishop dies, keep an eye on the altar boy. -By Donald Morrison
Though the U.S. networks shared the BBC feed, the competition between them was as keen as always-and no wonder, with 55 million American viewers planning to get up early to watch the royal nuptials. The networks fielded their top commentators, as well as more than 300 correspondents, producers and technicians, at a reported cost of $5 million...