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...does not, under its new constitution, possess another goal of its organizers--formal student representation on Radcliffe administrative bodies, particularly, the Radcliffe College Council. The College Council had balked at approving an initial constitution that held such provision...
...surfeit of goods and gadgets. The gross national product this year will top $846 billion, and median family income is approaching $8,000 a year?about $2,000 more than that of the country with the next highest standard of living. Sweden. The accouterments of affluence are everywhere: Americans possess more than 60 million automobiles, 70 million television sets (10 million with color), $500 billion worth of common stock. At least two-thirds of U.S. families own their homes...
...scenes of intimate conversation. My only objection to her portrayal is that it leans something too heavily on the prop of youth. Even at her first meeting with Caesar, Cleopatra must be something more than girlish--she must demonstrate a potential for rule. In her final scenes, she must possess at times a terrifying and self-possessed maturity. These qualities are all present in Miss Yakutis's performance, but do not always receive proper emphasis...
...those actions of the early 1960s, said Griswold, "perhaps what mattered was not merely the moral fervor of the demonstrators, or the justice of their cause, but also the way in which they conducted themselves." It was clear that neither he nor Morris thought that today's demonstrators possess much of the dignity and restraint that were in evidence then...
...flowerpots and realistic, 8-ft.-long clay models of his ranch house at 1303 Alice Street. Australian-born Margaret Dodd has created a rococo ceramic line of miniature cars, ranging from a Volkswagen microbus to a 1937 La Salle. David Gilhooly, 25, molds dyspeptic hippos, crocodiles and warthogs that possess much of the pudgy charm of their 6-ft. 5-in. 250-lb. creator...