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Their appearance, which featured a 15-minute speech by Cecil McNab, co-chairperson of the Third World Coalition, came less than a week after the end of the group's widely publicized boycott of a winter-term civil rights class...
Both the faculty and coalition viewed McNab's presentation as a significant advance, because of the recent antagonism between the groups and because the coalition had never before been invited to a faculty meeting...
...what he later called "a wholesale criticism of the entire educational process," McNab advocated a variety of reforms in the Law School's grading process, student admissions, curriculum development, faculty hiring, and student participation in policy decisions...
Originally it was the Washington Capitals' chief college scout, Dave McNab (brother Peter plays for the Bruins), who had his eye on Fusco. But McNab left the Washington organization and the Caps passed up the high-scoring center. McNab later joined the Hartford scouting crew and, not coincidentally, the Whalers subsequently acquired the rights to Harvard's sophomore center...
...McNab, a Glasgow-born track man who served as script consultant for the Oscar-winning Chariots of Fire, makes the marathon seem real as he assembles a memorable cast, including a snake-oil salesman, a determined Scot, an underweight Mexican and such historical folks as Al Capone, members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a handful of Hitler Youth. On the way, Flanagan's Run captures the masochistic ecstasy of long-distance running. No one who runs, walks or just sits in an armchair and reads will fail to cross McNab's taut finish line...