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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theme of sanity is an old favorite, all too often overdone as a loosing struggle between an upright mind and its gloomy, evil oppressors. In this piece the heaviness is ingeniously avoided: Bridgeman, the man/mind, stands well over six feet tall, while the harbingers of insanity, Laurie Selz and Lisa Myerson in green Geotards and painted faces, are not much more than five feet tall. Innocently he plays with them, lifts them on his shoulders, all tiny, innocent seeming, yet sinister, they trap...

Author: By Sarah M. Wood, | Title: Building From the Bottom | 4/30/1974 | See Source »

...singles action, freshman Denise Thal playing in the number-one spot, bounced back from Saturday's defeat in the hands of Lisa Rosenblum, Yale's three-time All-New England intercollegiate singles champ, to edge Tufts's Debbie Kurson, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6, and to demolish Pine Manor's Fayre McDonnell...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Radcliffe Sweeps Two Tennis Matches | 4/19/1974 | See Source »

...singles matches, freshman Denise Thal playing in the number one spot, bowed, 6-0, 6-0, to Yale's Lisa Rosenblum, a three-time All-New England intercollegiate singles champ...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Radcliffe Defeats Yale's Tennis Team | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...tables and chests of drawers were unframed paintings by Braque, Chagall and Rouault, and photographs of Malraux's own beloved cats. Once a chain-smoker, he has given up cigarettes and alcohol and looks younger than he has in years. "Did you know," he asked, "that the Mona Lisa hung in the bathrooms of Francois I, Louis XIV and Napoleon?* Francois I, well, that was normal because he bought it from Leonardo. It was not so logical in the case of Louis XIV, because in his reign the great painter was Raphael. And in Napoleon's day, Leonardo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Malraux: The End of a Civilization | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

Last week Leachim addressed Lisa Ilario, 9, as she sat down in front of him and put on her earphones. "My name is Leachim," said the robot. "You are doing Segment 10. Try to follow my directions carefully. If a classmate drops a pin on the floor, what would you pick it up with? Answer A: a screwdriver. Answer B: pliers. Answer C: a wrench. " Lisa punched button B on Leachim's chest. "You are correct," said the robot. "Pliers will help you lift and squeeze things." "He's very polite," says Lisa. "He says 'thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Marvel of The Bronx | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

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