Word: questings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This counter-revolution, this quest to turn the clock back to the days before 1969 and preferably before 1960, is not some great conspiracy, orchestrated in University Hall. Rather, an unstated philosophy--clamp down on the students--has spread surreptitiously throughout the ranks of those who run this university, and what appear to be isolated attempts to regain control of this or that aspect of student life are in fact part of a larger pattern involving the whole University...
...Game. A good case could be made for this film as the best comedy ever made. It is certainly Renoir's best film. Renoir's work generally involves a search for a community to identify with in French society, whether aristocracy, bourgeoisie, peasantry or working class. This quest often leads to the sentimental conclusion that such an identification is possible--a denouement that marks such otherwise great films as "Grand Illusion." But in "Rules of the Game," Renoir rejects false resolutions. Though the film seems to identify itself sporadically with the aspirations of different characters--the eccentric aristocrat, his Viennese...
...singles titles last weekend before damaging the ankle in practice Monday night--Fish's troops never really got a grip on the match, and their Eastern League record fell to 4-1. The loss dealt a serious--but by no means fatal--blow to the Crimson's quest for the league crown...
...looked pretty easy before the game, and it seemed even easier during the game, but neverthless, it was another victory that the Harvard lacrosse team needed in its not-so-easy quest for a berth in the post-season NCAA tourney...
...American MLS. Some U.S. experts, including a former FAA administrator, John H. Shaffer, agree. But after technical presentations and demonstrations of both devices in Montreal, the ICAO experts voted 39 to 24 in favor of the American system. The U.S. scanning beam has won a crucial round in the quest for a prize that eventually may be worth $4 billion in equipment sales around the world. Meanwhile the Montreal decision will have to be considered and approved by other ICAO panels...