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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...really want to non-plus the people on your gift list you hunt around the Quincy Market until you find the store which sells nothing but seashells and related items in the line of maritime oddities. Think of the look on your Grandmother's face when you present her with a carefully--wrapped, three--feet across chunk of purple brain coral. If this sort of thrill is worth 125 clams to you, go ahead. If you're a bit more modest you could send her a shark tooth necklace or even a complete shark jaw for a reasonable amount...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Brain Coral for Uncle Eb | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...symphony suffered too from an alarming lack of ensemble and rhythm. Tutti passages were often poorly coordinated as well as poorly balanced; the winds did not often synchronize their lines with those of the strings or even among themselves, and the brass added imprecise timing to their list of sins. However, the conductor is meant to notice and correct such imperfections of balance and ensemble; thus, with him the responsibility must rest. It is extremely unfortunate that potentially first-rate performances of the Ravel and Beethoven works were spoiled by Lurye's carelessness regarding fundamentals. The persistent inattention to these...

Author: By Forest L. Reinhardt, | Title: Victimized by Imbalance | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

Jordan likes to list the things at which he fails to excel. Administrative detail? "I'm not that good at it." Economic policy? "Lucky for the American people I don't make it." The Middle East negotiations, perhaps? "I'm just an observer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Unsinkable Ham Jordan | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...delegation, which includes Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy and City Manager James L. Sullivan, also plans to travel to Washington, D.C. to present a list of questions about the long-range impact of the Red Line extension to Urban Mass Transit Authority (UMTA) officials...

Author: By Ronald D. Ryan, | Title: City Questions MBTA | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

Under the present system, a minority admissions subcommittee interviews minority students, reviews their applications and sends a ranked list to the central admissions committee. The central committee makes final selections, and members of this committee and other subcommittees may also review the applications...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: Errors of Admissions | 12/2/1978 | See Source »

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