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Then came the final scene: Jean Harris, primly clad in a suede jacket and brown skirt, her hair held back by a tortoise shell band, was led in, staring straight ahead. Each day of the ordeal seemed to have shriveled her a bit more. The jurors, stone faced and grim, did not look at her, seated at the defense table, as they filed in. "I understand the jurors have arrived at a verdict," said Judge Leggett. Von Glahn rose and nodded yes. The clerk asked: "How do you find the defendant, Jean Harris, on the first count of second-degree...
...architects who contrived the IAB about 50 years ago bucked the trend. No, the IAB exercise comes in the getting up there, in the journey skyward. Four flights, past the browning (beyond yellowing) photographs of the 20-3 1945 basketball team and the 1934 fencers. Only after that ordeal can one gain access to the sanctum of Harvard hoop...
...students--who will probably be unaware of the battle just past--will again protest their exclusion from the decision, and, at best, duplicate the action of CORDS. The institutional memory of a student body is inherently short. The knowledge, and perhaps cynicism, that students acquired during this lengthy ordeal will probably be forgotten...
...parades are over, the banners and yellow ribbons have been taken down, and America's freed hostages are settling in. Yet the aftermath of their ordeal continues to capture headlines. An American imprisoned in Iran for eight months, Freelance Journalist Cynthia Dwyer, was tried as a spy last week; she was reportedly found guilty early this week, sentenced to time already served and ordered deported. Marine Sergeant Gregory Persinger filed a lawsuit against the Iranian government seeking at least $140,000 in damages suffered because of his captivity. And new details about how the Iranian revolutionary government conducts...
Such comments gave the first clues to an important fact: the 52 seemed to have withstood their ordeal remarkably well. Though most lost weight, and one displayed bruises from beatings by his captors, the Americans appeared in generally sound health, even though at least two ex-hostages were hospitalized with bronchitis or pneumonia. About ten others suffered milder attacks of the same symptoms. But early reports that as many as a dozen of them might be suffering from serious psychological problems appeared groundless (see BEHAVIOR...