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...misadventure complicates their lives. As if in self-defense, Lowry begins to retreat into his own mind. In his dreams, the stormtroopers who beat him become massive, fantastic samurai fighters with whom he does battle. His fellow employees and the kingpins of his mother's high-society existence become orc-like creatures who are dragging Jill in a cage. The myriad ducts which encroach upon his apartment become snakes which attack him, and his mother, who has been getting progressively more drastic facelifts, appears looking like his daughter...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Brazil's Flying Circus | 1/31/1986 | See Source »

Raymond said the hopeful Olympians are probably working out at Newell because the Olympic Rowing Committee (ORC) will probably ask Harvard heavyweight coach Harry Parker to coach the U.S. men's eight next July in the 1980 Olympics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boathouse Attracts Olympic Hopefuls | 9/26/1979 | See Source »

Williams said that he has had a lot of experience preparing applications but that for researchers who have not, ORC does not offer much help or guidance...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Fighting cavities with M&M's | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

Shaw also says he finds ORC easy to work with. "I found them very helpful and understanding. They take a lot of the business negotiations off my back and appropriately apply University policies which they are very familiar with," he says...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Fighting cavities with M&M's | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

Professor Williams, on the other hand, has a much more favorable reaction to dealing with ORC. "They have handled their side and I have handled mine. They give me prompt cooperation in preparing applications for grants," he says. "I'm reasonably happy with the situation...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Fighting cavities with M&M's | 9/24/1976 | See Source »

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