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...have a rather bloated sense of the importance of their home metropolis, very often succumb to the myth of The Big City. Charmed but piqued by the limited offering of activities and cultural events in the greater Boston area, this student, while on his way to Lamont to renew The History of Art for the fifth time that day, lapses into reveries of world-premier movies, a new production of La Traviata, and cocktail parties at which members of both the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books will be present. And, oh, he thinks as he asks...
...university is appealing the injunction, insisting that the hearings should remain secret because "the disgrace of being convicted publicly by the honor court is too overwhelming." Whatever the outcome of the legal battle, Student Prosecutor Marmish is anxious to renew the investigation. Says he: "We want to get them...
...seek some equity in the firm; in any event, it cannot be more than 25%-the limit set by law on foreign ownership of U.S. airlines. In some ways Washington may be secretly delighted with the Shah's offer of cash. Because of it, American bankers will probably renew their lines of credit to Pan Am when they come due; without the Shah's money, the likely alternative to a Pan Am bankruptcy would have been a hefty $10 million-per-month Government subsidy...
...Soviet Union wants to throw all of these issues into Geneva. [The Soviet proposal is to renew Middle East peace negotiations in Geneva under the chairmanship of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.] We don't rule out Geneva at a point, but we do feel that in the interim before we go to Geneva, or they do reconvene Geneva on an active basis, we ought to try and make some other additional progress on a step-by-step basis...
...rock heroes of the '70s have turned out to be glittery imitations of talent. Most sixties' superstars survive in repackaged groups with discounted reputations. But Joni's writing and singing continue to renew themselves. Her roots in rebellion have flourished as stubborn, invincible candor. "The most important thing is to write in your own blood," she says. "I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel." Joni's confidences, delivered in poetic portraits, produce in her huge and varied audience a spirit of communion that separates the poet from the diarist...