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Ackerman said that he wasn't sure if the radical groups were sincerely interested in reforming the University through the Commission or "if they just want to show that we're a pawn of the Administration...
...Patrick Gray, a key pawn in the growing stalemate between Congress and the Nixon Administration, was removed from the board last week, but not before one last attempt to salvage his confirmation as director of the FBI. For weeks, the White House, at least in public, had stuck by Gray while he was being grilled in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for his partisan handling of the agency and the Watergate investigation. But his testimony had deeply embarrassed several top Administration officials and disillusioned some of his supporters in Congress. Finally, at the White House's bidding, Attorney General...
...that the limitations are a dead letter. GSD films plans to show "Slaughterhouse-Five" next year (which complies with the two-year guide "Cabaret," (which will not). And the educational" criterion is even less of a hindrance. GSD, for example, showed "Little Big Man," "Putney Swope" and "The Pawn-broker" under the general educational theme. "Social adaptation to a changing environment...
Remained a Pawn...
Cooper "played a tremendous game," Jacobs said yesterday. "Although I remained a pawn up throughout the game, my opponent activated his pieces and made a decisive incursion the thirtieth move." With a ranking of 2148, Jacobs was the highest rated player in the tournament which lacked many of the top Harvard chess stars. Cooper's rating was in the 1300's. "I had a premonition I was going to blunder," Jacobs said, "but I never thought I'd get beat this bad, especially by a B player...