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...program it has undertaken since the building became a movie theatre in 1953. The Brattle management last night asured "patrons and fans of the 100-year-old building that it does not plan to turn it into a cold, glossy modern structure of plate glass and steel, but will retain the building's old-fashioned charm...
Another barrier, according to Kaysen, is a Russian fear of appearing "soft" towards the West. "The recent Barghoorn arrest and the stopping of U.S. convoys on the Autobahn are two indications of Russian determination to retain an uncompromising image," he said...
...whose reputation is greater than the number of buildings he has put up, Louis Kahn. Kahn gave Yale its first real 20th century building-a daring new glass-sheathed art museum, an extension to the existing Lombardic-Romanesque one. Kahn, like Corbusier, let the concrete shapes retain the rough marks of the wood forms in which they were cast. He also made his ceilings support themselves, by means of small concrete tetrahedrons, which replace obtrusive beams...
...Conservatives by 9 1/2 percentage points. And the disastrous Tory record in by-elections was continued last week when they absorbed a surprisingly large defeat at Luton. As an industrial town with full employment and considerable prosperity, Luton typifies more than a hundred constituencies which the Tories win to retain power. For the past month, the Conservatives have been more concerned with personalities than policies. But it probably does not matter. Beleagued by energetic Laborites and bedeviled by party disunity, the Tories, after more than a decade in power, face defeat...
Both new Councillors were endorsed by the Cambridge Civic Association, and since the CCA also backed the two retiring Councillors, it will retain possession of the four Council seats it has held for a decade. Despite its shortcomings, the CCA is Cambridge's most effective influence for good government. The result of last week's election insures that it will continue to play an important role...