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...departure from Moscow, Brodsky's letter expressed bitterness at having to leave his country. Although his poetry has consistently been banned in Russia and he served 18 months of forced labor in 1964-65 as a "parasite," Brodsky expressed a measure of gratitude: "I owe everything I have in the world to Russia. Everything bad that I have suffered has been more than compensated for by the good, and I have never felt hurt by my homeland...
...classically divided: fantasia, prelude, the main body, called "Pure Love," and finale. The fantasia and prelude are simply unnecessary. They only serve as a platform for some keyboard exercises. "Pure Love" is English blues at its worst. The English do not play blues well, even though we owe its revival to them. Most successful English blues is parody, like Humble Pie's nine minute travesty "I Wonder," which succeeds totally because it's so obviously a travesty. "Pure Love" takes itself too seriously. ("I Am the Dance of Ages," has a nice beat, but its use of wind and thunder...
...Assault ships). After the company fell 18 months behind in construction, the Navy slashed the order from nine ships to five. Navy brass caused some of the delay and increased costs by ordering changes in the design. As a result, under the terms of its agreement, the Navy may owe more for the five LHAS it will get than it had planned to spend for all nine. The two parties are currently renegotiating the contract...
...usual, Harvard is pointing the way for other universities. Oberlin and several other major institutions are already studying the Harvard Plan for possible implementation. Hard-pressed colleges and harried parents throughout the country may owe Harvard a debt of graditude. But it seems likely that by the time the Class of '76 graduates some four years hence, they will owe Harvard a good deal more...
Tracy Albertsen and the Leonard boys represent two of the faces of mental retardation. Children like Tracy owe their affliction to detectable organic imperfections; those like the Leonards suffer from retardation of uncertain origin. Together they constitute a wrenching problem for all segments of society. According to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 3% of the population under the age of 65 -close to 6,000,000 Americans-suffer some degree of retardation. Every five minutes in the U.S. a child is born who will eventually be classified as retarded...