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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Freeman Dyson's first book, Disturbing the Universe, has all the trappings of a commercial pounding: his famous name, sensational subject matter, characters from history books. But Dyson, who might have gotten away with a forgettable rehash, offers instead a captivating portrait of one of the formative minds of modern...

Author: By Jaime O. Aisenberg, | Title: A Minor Disturbance | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Behind this action lay his scientific hero--Matthew Meselson, who inspired Nixon's move. And it is for him that Dyson reserves his greatest praise. "Seldom in history has one man, armed only with the voice of reason, won so complete a victory," he says. And Meselson is not the...

Author: By Jaime O. Aisenberg, | Title: A Minor Disturbance | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Teitelbaum, who has performed with Anthony Braxton as well as with his own electronic group, Musica Elettronica Viva, contributes lean, sensitive synthesizer work that is quite compatible with the suite's carefully structured textures and its theme of relentless exploration and discovery. Jenkins likes the futuristic associations of his oblique...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: Fiddler off the Roof | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

Twice in the first ten minutes of the final period, Felipe, a sophomore defenseman, circled in his own zone with the puck, minding his own business. And then came right winger Olson, hacking away, sneering, annoying, nagging, stealing the puck, scoring, getting mobbed by teammates. In that order. Twice (the...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen Put the Freeze on Huskies, 8-2 | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

However, many observers doubt that controlling the Democratic platform would give DA much clout. For the most part, the coalition is seen as a means to keep Ted Kennedy honest on the left, especially in his economic policies. They want to stop his slide to the political center to get...

Author: By Mark R. Anspach and James G. Hershberg, S | Title: Setting an Agenda for the '80s | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

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