Word: magic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What a brilliant subject for a Fellini movie-and what a disappointing treatment of it. Seducer, charlatan, scribbler, dabbler in black magic, Giacomo Casanova was that most magnetic of figures, the legend with nothing lofty about him. Born in a glittering Venice that was rife with disease and intrigue, he was equally at home in scenes of Watteau-like elegance or Hogarthian stench. He roamed the capitals of Europe, living by his wits, his nerve and a nice instinct for when to get out of town. He dreamed up mining schemes and lotteries, supported himself at the card table, survived...
...were forced to acknowledge the pressures of the real world yet again last week when Dean Rosovsky announced that he will ask the Harvard Corporation to approve a $475 increase in tuition room and board fees for 1977-78, bringing the total costs of a College year to the magic number...
...Magic Bond. Haley even goes so far as to advocate an antidote to this trend toward rootlessness. Young people can "revolutionize" their own role within their families, he says, and he offers them a three-point prescription. "I tell young people to go to the oldest members of their family and get as much oral history as possible. Many grandparents carry three or four generations of history in their heads but don't talk about it because they have been ignored. And when the young person starts doing this, the old are warmed to the cockles of their souls...
...closets for illuminating family letters and other memorabilia. "It's a simple thing," says Haley. "But the existence of a written history gives the family something it never had before. There is an almost miraculous effect once it exists." Finally, Haley urges, "have family reunions. There is something magic about the common sense of a blood bond. It's not less magic for black, white, brown or polka dot. The reunion gives a sense that the family cares about itself and is proud of itself. And there is the assumption that you, the family member, are obligated to reflect this...
Just the title was enough to send even the most scrutinous gut-seekers flocking to the Owen Room of Winthrop House last September. "Sport and Political Ideology" were the magic words which drew self-proclaimed sports aficionados to the relatively obscure course...