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Even though as provost he had to enforce painful budget cuts, Wilson is popular with the faculty. He already had a run-in with leaders of the student government, however, after they told him last month that they were going to launch an "investigation" of Economics Professor Milton Friedman and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: New Man at Chicago | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

BEUSMAN, UNFORTUNATELY, plays Miss Lonelyhearts as a goofy adolescent type who broadcasts his weirdness by making grotesque faces. Unable to convey the fervor of Miss Lonelyhearts' hysterical religiosity, he supplements his limited emotional range with a series of stock expressions and mannerisms--employing a conscious hesitation in his voice, staring...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Soft Steel and Sour Milk | 12/4/1975 | See Source »

I too had a little run-in with a gang of punks from Buffalo's West Side. I was rowing in a single scull without paying very much attention to what was ahead, when, passing under the drawbridge leading onto Bird Island, a firecracker went off about a foot from...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Unruly Comments | 11/1/1974 | See Source »

The prospect of that match in any location was enough to make promoters clamor. Only one seemed to have the inside track: Robert Arum, Ali's lawyer and the president of Top Rank, Inc., a closed-circuit TV company that has always telecast Ali's fights. To Arum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Violent Coronation in Kinshasa | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

No Deals. In the Hearst home, the mood at week's end was grimmer than ever. There is no more talk of possible deals to free Patty. Weed was a frequent visitor and often stayed at the Hearst home until he and his prospective father-in-law had a mild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Hearst Nightmare | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

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