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...most dramatic presentation of the afternoon, six members of Winthrop House- three men and three women- urged the committee to consider the emotions of the 300 men and women involved in the current coed exchange by not shuttling them any further for the sake of ratios...
NATIONAL PLANNING: There may have to be somewhat more Government planning and somewhat less emphasis on growth for growth's sake. In the area of transportation, for example, there is need for vast Government planning of new airport facilities and some curbing of competition. Is it logical or economical for four different airlines to fly half-empty planes at about the same time to the same place? On the other hand, transportation could be made much more efficient if the Government eased some of its old rules covering the shipment of goods. It might be wise to change...
When Weiland benched Steve Owen and Dan DeMichele without telling them, and sent a manager to give the message instead, it was as much an indication of lack of rapport with the captain as anything else. This must not, and will not happen next year. If only for the sake of this year's freshmen, who are used to a cohesive team spirit after playing for Billy Cleary, the varsity should stay together emotionally...
...York's Joffrey Ballet is often matchless for sheer glitter and sensuous invention. But virtuosity pursued for its own sake can be a vice, and showmanship pushed too far becomes a snare and a collusion. Of three new Joffrey offerings this spring, two, Confetti and Solarwind, are depressing cases in point...
...price." The rest of the movie consists of various anecdotal restatements of that same theme until we finally get to watch prim London businessmen wallowing in an immense vat of shit, blood, and piss that Grand has built and stocked with 100 pound notes. Just for the sake of chaos, these didactic little vignettes are interspersed with anomalous sight-gags that, like Grand's hobby, are never worth the pains it takes to set them up. Grand hunts ducks, for example, with tank artillery, and-funny, impetuous man!-roasts them where they drop with army flame-throwers...