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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chester Arthur Kinsman is one of Bova's ideal astronauts. These are not the sterile, blandly patriotic robots projected by NASA flacks, but intensely human and necessarily flawed men--and women--who believe in what they are doing and possess enough independence to reject or exploit bureaucratic maneuvering that surrounds them. As Bova portrays it, the path into space--whether it be military, industrial or political--will be strewn with the carcasses of careers and programs that, regardless of merit, lose behind-the-scenes struggles of power and influence...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: One for the Neophytes | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

MARTHA ROBERTS and DEBBIE KALISH. Harvard's number one doubles team, and winners of last week's Mass State title, is seeded second in the doubles bracket. Kalish and Roberts both possess similar serve-and-volley games and are particularly adept...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Tennis Team Looks for Triple Crown | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

Princeton's season mark stands at 2-1, while the Lions possess a 1-2 record...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Yale, Princeton Notch Shutouts; Brown Steamrolls Over Penn | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

According to Jenne Britell '63 an ETS spokesman in Princeton, N. Y., ETS is taking "extraordinary measures" to allow all students to take the test who possess the test...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Won't Need Tickets For LSAT | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

Passion Play, however, can not claim an untarnished victory. Love never surfaces in this, or for that matter, any other Kosinski novel. Instead he confronts us with heroes like Fabian--men who want only to possess females; searing orgasm and the fulfillment of sexual fantasy develop as the closest bonds between humans...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Horse Play | 9/27/1979 | See Source »

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