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...paragraph and handed it in. The professor later apologized for losing blue book "Number One" and gave the student a B. Less ingenious but far more prevalent are those who sneak "crib sheets" into exam rooms, furtively copy from classmates' papers or even, thanks to technological advances, use pocket-size tape recorders with earphones to play back lecture notes or important formulas. Then there are the pre-med students who sabotage classmates' lab experiments and law students who check out scarce reading material from school libraries for the duration of a course...
...eldest child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and sister of Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller; of cancer; in Manhattan. Thrice married, she dedicated much of her life to philanthropy. Among her beneficiaries were the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a tree-lined vest-pocket park called Greenacres, which she opened to provide "some moments of serenity" on Manhattan's bustling East Side. ∙ Died. Gordon Browning, 86, three-term Governor of Tennessee and six-term Congressman (1923-35); in Huntingdon, Tenn. Democrat Browning won his first term as Governor in 1936 with what...
Trouble is, all that is the script as seen by politicians, pollsters and pundits, and throughout this volatile spring, the American voter has been upsetting many an expert forecast. Skeptical, grousing and defiantly refusing to be shoved into anyone's political pocket, the voter is giving the pollsters an unusual drubbing. It is as if the voters are saying perversely: "O.K., wise guys, you think you've got me pegged? Well, you're wrong...
...worse the picture. Bergman and Buñuel are visionaries, wonderful artists and craftsmen. How many people in the world have ever seen one of their films or ever heard of them? How can you take movies seriously? You go on the set with the script in your back pocket. You take it out and read: 'Let's see ... in this one Brando plays an Indian who attacks the stagecoach.' O.K., let's roll 'em. Commercialized glop, not worth thinking about...
...contrast, the Olympic crew seem like wholly admirable free spirits - and the match is not a fair one. Joe Santo is a connoisseur of cut glass, an accomplished fiddle player and something of an out-of-pocket philosopher. "I don't believe in getting too comfortable," he tells Craig. "Stay hungry...