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Dwight Ware's pretty pass allowed Jack Turco to rack up Harvard's fifth goal...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Sextet Destroys Yale, 7-1, On First-Period Outburst | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

...governments that often prove recalcitrant. The Russians have been unable to influence the Syrians toward moderation, and Nasser refuses their advice as often as he takes it. The deeper their penetration becomes, the more they are bound to be caught up in the bitter quarrels and mutual hatreds that rack the Middle East. Moreover, they know full well that the Arabs still depend for much of their income on Western oil companies. Since they have neither the money nor the need for that much oil, the Russians have so far been content to leave the Western oil companies alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Arms for Embracing | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

Bigger & Faster. The Concorde's backers hope that once the plane is in service, it will rack up a big percentage of the market before being challenged by the U.S. supersonic transport due aloft in the mid-'70s. Roomier than the Concorde (292 passengers v. 132) and faster (1,800 v. 1,450 m.p.h.), the Boeing 2707 has already attracted 125 options from 26 interested airlines. While the British and French admit that the American SST will eventually dominate the North Atlantic-currently accounting for 42% of all international air travel-they argue that there will be plenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Showing Off the Concorde | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...MANOR, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. In this tragicomic account of the changes that rack a Victorian Polish-Jewish family, a popular Yiddish storyteller demonstrates that he has the credentials of a major novelist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Nov. 17, 1967 | 11/17/1967 | See Source »

...MANOR, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. A popular Yiddish storyteller powerfully projects his own sense of exile, while demonstrating that he has the credentials of a major novelist, in this tragicomedic account of the changes that rack a Victorian Polish-Jewish family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Nov. 10, 1967 | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

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