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...different presidents, and the record of his tenure is, in the words of one longtime staffer, "beyond remarkable." He's built a library staff, which he ceaselessly praises as the most committed and competent in the nation, that has kept Harvard in the fore of the library world. The number of employees in the College Library system--those 15 which come under the Widener bailiwick--has stayed the same for the past ten years. But acquisitions of collections, and hence the workload of the staff, have dramatically increased. Harvard's library system, once labelled a network so vast and expansive...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Bryant Steps Down: The Man Behind the Stacks | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

...Pilobilus. And the trend toward innovation has so spread that now companies in back-country towns like Northampson, Mass. perform works once restricted to New York's Greenwich Village. Fifteen years ago dance in Boston meant the Boston Ballet, which recently staged Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty"; today the number of dance and ballet companies in the area is too numerous to count...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Dancing the Night Away | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

This concert offers a rare opportunity to hear a public performance of Mingus's music by a large band. Mingus made a number of important recordings with a large ensemble in the studio, but he only rarely appeared with a big band. When he did, he made an impression; his once-infamous Town Hall Concert of 1962 is now recognized as a landmark in jazz history...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: Mingus at Eight | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

Freshman Betsy Richmond easily captured the first singles competition, blasting Kathy Lynch, 6-1, 6-0. Playing at number three, sophomore Meg Meyer shut out Coleen Ryan 6-0, 6-0, with her steady baseline game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netwomen Shell B.C., 8-1 | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

...apathy with which this highly suspect area of the CIA's activities has been treated is explicable by a number of factors. The academics involved obviously do not advertise their role. The protests of the students themselves can be easily discredited; and because the agent works over such a long period keeping a low profile, recruitment can be more easily hid from public view...

Author: By Trevor Barnes, | Title: The CIA: Sharing the Students | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

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