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Belluschi says the design of the center combines modern architecture with the culture of Italy. "It's rather simple, with good honest materials and a roof like those in the Italian countryside," Belluschi, who won the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architecture in 1973, says. "Hopefully, after people are through with all these current fashionable things in architecture, they'll come back to this," he adds. Enthusiastic about Italian-Americans establishing a national cultural center, Belluschi says, "It's the natural instinct of a society to become interested in its identity and make the most...
...while freshman Bruce Weber knocked 20 seconds off his previous best time he couldn't make the top five finishers. Classmate Kim Stephens, representing Harvard's best hope for a first in the 400 meter hurdles, pulled a hamstring in Tuesday's practice and, after his four-medal performance last weekend in the GBCs, had to watch lamely from the sidelines...
...make that "public service." Last week the Gannett News Service, which provides national reporting for the 82 Gannett-owned dailies, won the prestigious Pulitzer Gold Medal for its investigation of financial improprieties committed by the Pauline Fathers, a small order of monks in eastern Pennsylvania. The award was sweet vindication for Al Neuharth, Gannett's chairman and president. Best known for making the chain the largest and most consistently profitable in the U.S., Neuharth has lately been on a tireless campaign to make it one of the most respected as well. "The Gold Medal," he says, "is gratifying recognition...
...prestige of winning the Gold Medal (the chain or its papers have received four previous Pulitzers, the last in 1971) should help Gannett fend off critics of chain ownership. More than 63% of the nation's 1,769 dailies are now owned by groups, double the percentage in 1960, and independent papers are being gobbled up at a rate of 50 or 60 a year. What bothers critics most is a reduction in the diverse, often lively voices of independent newspapers. There are complaints, too, that chains tend to be obsessed with profits and indifferent to editorial excellence. Says...
...lost several blue chippers. Harvard has gained sophomores Charles Storey, bowman of the first freshman boat last year, and J.B. Kelly, scion of one of America's finest rowing families (his father won the Head of the Charles senior singles this year; his great-grandfather won the single sculls medal in the 1924 Olympics...