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...Both necessitated some form of travel-either taking the road to Rome or making the shorter trip into the English countryside, with painting kit. Oil paint in tubes made Impressionism possible, but that sort of packaging did not exist in the 18th century. Lugging oils through the vales of Kent or the gorges of Switzerland was messy, and watercolor-carried dry, in little pans-was the solution. The sheer convenience of watercolor-and its appeal to amateur and professional alike-was neatly expressed by Paul Sandby's tranquil view of Rosslyn Castle, North Berwick, with an aristocratic-looking lady...
McGovern, say staffers, is no softie, despite his easygoing ways. "He's a classic Clark Kent," says Aide Ted Van Dyk. "All calmness on the outside-serene-but when crisis strikes, it's into the phone booth." He has other useful traits as well. Accused at a University of Wisconsin rally of being a warmonger for voting for passage of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, McGovern did not turn peevish as Muskie has done in the face of similar baiting. Instead, McGovern asked that those who believed the charge raise their hands; when less than six hands shot...
Died. Richard Church, 78, English poet, novelist and critic; of a heart attack; in Kent, England. As a young man, Church entered the customs service to support himself while he wrote at night. He was so hard up that he sometimes brought home the food samples that had been sent to customs for analysis. He eventually won recognition and published more than 50 books of fiction, poetry and essays. His best-known novel The Porch (1937) and his 1955 autobiography Over the Bridge were widely praised...
Jacques Accambray, Kent State's "Grand Charles" from France, shattered the meet 35 lb, weight throw record yesterday by almost 3 ft., posting a winning mark...
...Despite Kent's strong start, the favorites in the meet are traditional track powers Villanova and Pennsylvania. Villanova is seeking revenge for a one point loss to Penn in the IC4A's last weekend...