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...John Lennon, 35, former Beatle, sometime writer, and culture hero without portfolio. He was wearing the straight threads for a solemn occasion, namely, the successful resolution of his 4½-year struggle to obtain permanent-resident status in the U.S. After such assorted character witnesses as Gloria Swanson, Geraldo Rivera and Isamu Noguchi testified to Lennon's public spirit and artistic significance, Immigration Judge Ira Fieldsteel awarded Lennon the long-sought green card bearing permanent resident No. A17-597-321. "It's great to be legal again," said John, whose problems with the Immigration and Naturalization Service dated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 9, 1976 | 8/9/1976 | See Source »

...that Committee recommended the appointment of four "tenured" faculty "holding appointments entirely within the Afro-American Studies Department" as "the first priority" and before considering joint appointments. To date we only have one full-time tenured faculty. Where are the rest, Dean Rosovsky, follower of the McCree gospel? George Rivera '77 Chairman of the Concentrators of the Afro-American Studies Dept...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tenure Isaac | 5/12/1976 | See Source »

Thus, only in its Pan-Africanist form is Afro-American Studies a viable department. We are the ones who want a regular and serious academic department! George Rivera Chairman of the Concentrators Afro-American Studies Department

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unusual and Strange | 4/24/1976 | See Source »

With Desire, Dylan seems to be reaching out for a new audience; of his last three albums, it is easily the most listenable. Robbie Robertson's eerie guitar riffs on Planet Waves have been replaced by Scarlet Rivera's soothing, melodic violin line. Planet Waves was a depressing album--even Wedding Song which was cited by Newsweek as evidence of Dylan's new "mellowness" contained disturbing lines about love which "cut like a knife," about loving someone "more than madness." Blood on the Tracks was a transition, containing some of the bitterness of Planet Waves, but, particularly with Lily, Rosemary...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: To the Valley Below | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

CHICAGO. A corrosive dance of decadence that Bob Fosse has choreographed into an electrifying musical, helped no end by Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Year's Best | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

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