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...that that's much trouble for Steve Kaplan's Ko-ko. Kaplan, who assumed a full lotus position at one point, wound himself around the stage. This bumbling hero writhed, dived, lurched, smirked, and stayed alive even to the bitter end. When he was on the stage with Michael Sargent, the pace quickened and the laughter was ready for them before they opened their mouths. Sargent was Poo-bah, the Lord High Everything Else, a tall, grumbling hypocrit he portrayed almost perfectly. When he smiled a rare smile, he wrinkled every patch of skin...
...immediately denied that a final decision has been made. Commissioner Francis W. Sargent earlier pledged to await Cambridge's evaluation of a number of alternative routes before selecting an official location. Cambridge observes yesterday said they believe Sargent has acted in good faith, and they accept his word...
Despite this, Francis Sargent, commissioner of the DPW, has said that he will inform Cambridge of his decision before sending any official route to Washington for approval. (The Inner Belt is part of the Inter-State Highway System, and the federal government picks up 90 per cent of the cost.) Sargent has said that he wants to get the best route for Cambridge and wants to cooperate with everybody...
...Even if Sargent's words represent more than political tact, there are good reasons for believing that the DPW is intent on selecting the Brook-line-Elm Street route--the one that would wipe out 1000 to 1500 families and run right next to Central Square. First, it has been the route long championed by his agency. Second, plans for this route are farther along than for any other. And third, any other realistic alternative would run along the fringe of the M.I.T. campus; the political power of M.I.T., a venus flytrap for federal research contracts, is latent, but great...
...recent increase in monthly draft calls does not seem to have affected the granting of deferments during Peace Corps service," Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps, has revealed in a letter to Archie Epps, assistant dean of the College and Peace Corps liaison at Harvard...