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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...With "Arnie's Army" cheering him on, he jumped off to a three-stroke lead over Nicklaus in the opening round and maintained that edge during the next two days. Although Palmer slipped to a 74 in the final round, Nicklaus did even worse-four bogeys on the last nine to run up a 75 for the round and give Palmer his 69th professional victory...
After weeks of on-again, off-again bargaining, ungentlemanly rancor and disingenuous wrangling, such skepticism was understandable. Yet last week it seemed that the angry artists (orchestra, chorus, dancers and soloists) and the Met management had at last agreed to agree on a compromise. Whether they acted out of real reconciliation or sheer fatigue remained a question...
Locked out last August by Met General Manager Rudolf Bing-because the Met did not want to begin rehearsals until contracts had been signed with the unions (TIME, Sept. 26)-the artists had proved angrier and more obdurate than anyone had thought possible. After the Met's lawyer temporarily blocked their unemployment compensation with a legal technicality, they refused Ring's first (and not notably generous) pay offer. As, little by little, he went up, they began holding out not merely for a better contract, but also for back pay to cover the rapidly mounting number of lost...
CINEMA COURSES: Only a few years ago, Gregorian students were forbidden to enter Rome movie houses; on-campus movies were limited to mild fare like My Fair Lady. Now students not only may go to movies in town, but get pretty heady fare on campus. Last year Father Nazareno Taddei, a cinema expert, introduced a course...
...which works among poor Mississippi Negroes, are rare exceptions. During preparations for this month's triennial general assembly in Detroit, Christian Century predicted that the N.C.C. would see "a crunch of intense feelings and an unleashing of the urge to tell it like it is." The crunch came last week in Detroit's Cobo Hall. In its meetings, at least, the N.C.C. was clearly in tune with the national mood: the air was filled with accusations, polemics, threats, name-calling and disruption. For all that, the assembly still elected the full slate of official nominees, including its first...