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...Observed," written in 1976, shows as clearly as ever its author's keen eye with rich descriptions of men in flowing kaffiyehs, paupers begging and the screaming traffic of Cairo. Yet, Hoagland's political analysis of the Middle East is dated and surprisingly simplistic. The piece ends with the lame advice that Egypt faces a variety of grave situations and "it behooves us to wish her well, as we have not always done...
...nook around the corner from right field, Mark ("the Bird") Fidrych is warming up. What is more poignant than a bird with a lame wing-who was once Rookie of the Year? Fidrych is 27 years old and in the fifth year of his comeback. He won 19 games for Detroit in 1976 talking to the ball, but last season Mark mopped up in the minor leagues talking to himself. The Tigers finally gave up on him, and now the Red Sox are having a look. Close up, it is hard to feel too sad because he appears so happy...
...decision to form the committee came at a lengthily meeting with a surprisingly full agenda despite CHUL's lame-duck status. About 65 percent of students voting in a referendum last week approved the new Undergraduate Council and its smaller student-Faculty committees...
...special prosecutor (appointed in May) on the other for control of the tapes. Whatever the fine points of the legal debate, its very nature-with the implication that there was guilty knowledge to hide-destroyed what was left of Nixon's moral position. It made him a lame duck six months into a presidency won by the second largest plurality in American history...
...Student Assembly, batting low attendance and a lame-duck stigma last night urged the formation of a student advisory committee in the financial aid office to investigate how proposed cuts in federal tuition support could affect Harvard students and the College's admission policies...