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...would not be making fools of my family and myself in this shameless manner if I did not feel the end result somehow worthwhile. For this enjoyment-in-excelsis of rectangular portions of a slick weekly magazine comes about only as a result of a particular view of the world: that people are basically crazy, and that the only way to survive at all is through laughter. This philosophy has been carried through the centuries by the likes of Chaucer, Sheridan, Twain and Beerbohm. For the past fifty years the cartoonists in The New Yorker have espoused it, and have...

Author: By Kathy Garrett, | Title: 'Dear no, Miss Mayberry--just the head' | 11/26/1975 | See Source »

...slim blue brochure that falls open like an accordion to reveal a thumbnail photo on each of its rectangular faces (among these are Bok, the chair's namesake George Seferis and an ancient Greek coin labeled "The Cost") was printed this summer. Apparently, that's about the extent of Harvard's participation in the campaign for funds. When asked if the University Development Office was actively arranging for the chair, Charles D. Thompson '48 replied that "actively is a funny word; my office is handling a lot of programs at this point" and conceded that, unlike with other programs...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: A Chair Under Wraps | 9/17/1975 | See Source »

From its position stop a hill in western Jerusalem, the Israeli Knesset overlooks most of the new city. It is a rectangular stone building whose austere lines and sharp angles mold a basically classical exterior. Inside, the Israeli government meets to make decisions that will determine its country's future...

Author: By Daniel H. Maccoby, | Title: Israel's Politics of War and Peace | 2/14/1975 | See Source »

...Three rectangular swatches of fabric dangle from the ceiling. On one pair, Alex Griswold has silkscreened the Puerto Rican rain forest, El Yunque, in green and earthy brown. His elegant, intricate design is abstract, but you can't mistake the jungle foilage...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: A Visual Motley | 12/16/1974 | See Source »

...from the start. As a freshman, I didn't know architects did too. But a lunchtime compatriot with a panache he could pass off as a plume of knowledge deigned to explain Sever's deficiences. It's awkward and contradictory, he explained. Look at the round turrets and the rectangular chimneys. They don't belong on the same building, he said. I can't recall his other criticisms; I assume they were each as contrived...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: The Whispering Bulk of Sever Hall | 12/5/1974 | See Source »

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