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...opposition Labor members voted with the Conservative government, while 39 Tories switched the other way. By an unexpectedly wide margin of 356 votes to 244, Britain agreed in principle to join the European Economic Community effective Jan. 1, 1973. The decision may not have been quite on a par with the signing of Magna Carta, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, or Waterloo, as some claimed, but it did promise to change the shape and character of Europe-and Europe's role in the world...
...hand has ever possessed a greater gift of wonder, of revealing in one single, decisive stroke the mystery of life in all its profundity," writes a critic named José Bergamin in one of the new books, Picasso at 90. "The most perfect, absolute, authentic Picasso, the Picasso par excellence, it seems to me, is the latest...
This season's imports began with The Black Light Theater of Prague, which as entertainment was on a par with a little boy doodling on the ceiling of his darkened bedroom with a flashlight. Now we are offered, direct from Israel, To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter. True, Israel is in the Middle East, but the tastes of most Israelis are conditioned by a European heritage going back many centuries. As a musical, To Live is about as advanced as ring-around-a-rosy and decidedly less diverting than Sunday in Central Park...
...They were excellent, they used everything they had and were completely unselfish." Messing said. "It's obvious to say that we were not up to par, but that should take nothing away from Penn's victory...
However, he will start this afternoon along with Chris Wilmot, whose ankle, which he turned in practice Monday, is still very painful. Russ Bell is suffering from a muscle pull in the back of his leg and Brian Fearnett and Norie Harrower are also operating below par with leg injuries. All are slated to see action against the Indians...