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...consciously aimed at hurting the six students as much as possible. Rather than meeting with the parties concerned and finding a moderate solution, the Pians chose to act immediately and drastically. Such extreme action is not in keeping with the judicious and impartial attitude a house master could possess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FREE THE SOUTH HOUSE SIX | 2/3/1976 | See Source »

...everything she needs/She's an artist/She don't look back," and then go on to title the song She Belongs to Me--an arrogance there, a confidence that despite all of woman's potential for communion with nature, in the final analysis she was his to possess. Things don't seem so certain anymore; womanhood appears to be too mysterious, too grand a thing for him to have or comprehend, and he can only ask for one more cup of coffee before he retreats "to the valley below...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: To the Valley Below | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

Point two: What is the definition for Palestine? If I look at the Palestinian National Covenant of 1968, only Palestinian Arabs possess the right of self-determination in the country. As long as the covenant practically says that the only way to liberate Palestine is by war, and the only definition of Palestine is a total Arab Palestine, how can Israel negotiate itself out of existence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME DIALOGUE: Israeli vs. Palestinian: Face to Face | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...young team, perhaps too young. Desperately needs a strong leader or manager. The club's inexperience has shown in some glaring ways this spring. Bayh and Harris have knocked each other out chasing the same fly ball while Bayh and Jackson seem to think balls hit in between them possess cooties. On potential double play balls in the infield, Udall often throws to third and the one time he did get it to second, Shriver, in a fit of pique, threw it back. Finally, pitcher Wallace's predilection for putting members of the opposite team on base could hurt...

Author: By Sam Pillsbury, | Title: Spring Training for Presidents | 1/20/1976 | See Source »

...Laura is hauntingly evocative, a vision of a doe at bay. An actress who has done varied parts in the past several years, she is a pointilliste who composes every dot in a role into a harmonic whole. When she releases the driving passion she seems to possess, she may become an actress of immense power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Flee as a Bird | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

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