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Foster's switch is this: an aspiring young playwright named simply Cat (Ed Rombola) conjures up the spirits of the ancient Roman conspirators. They hover over his typewriter in his New York apartment. Cat also summons up Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, who doubles as his actress girl friend Memphis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Caesar Falls Again | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

ONE OF THE nicest things about exams is the way they cut through convention and go right to the heart of the matter--any matter. Take the idea of a university. Most of the time, nobody admits to knowing what it is. President Bok announces the time has come to...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Trouble in Laputa | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

The ruling stemmed from a 1969 murder case. While receiving outpatient psychiatric help at a campus hospital, Prosenjit Poddar, then 26 and a student at the University of California at Berkeley, said he intended to kill his former girl friend, Tatiana Tarasoff, 20. On a psychologist's orders, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Therapists and Threats | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

Rain Clutter. The Coast Guard in Miami responds to the many inquiries about the mysteries of the triangle with a prepared handout that presents a rational explanation of the hazards in the area. "It has been our experience," the Coast Guard says, "that the combined forces of nature and unpredictability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Deadly Triangle | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

"More importantly, people aren't rational all the time, and very, very often if the gun is there they will use it, whether it be in a family argument or a drunken brawl," she adds. The Eisenhower Commission report bolsters her position with the conclusion that the victim knows his...

Author: By David A. Copithorne, | Title: Gun Control: Debate Begins Again | 12/20/1974 | See Source »

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