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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...greater Faculty voice in the administration, and in running its own affairs. To accomodate this sentiment, the report proposed "a larger administrative role for the Faculty than it has exercised hitherto." The committee recommended establishing a 20-member Faculty Council to act like a Congressional committee or subcommittee--to screen and report on legislation, to oversee educational policy, to foresee committee appointments, and to plan priorities for Faculty growth and development. The council was designed to grant a larger number of Faculty members the chance to participate in designing educational policy in cooperation with the dean of the Faculty...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: The Faculty's Quiet Revolution | 4/24/1979 | See Source »

Hilde Graf was watching TV last week in her Wichita Falls, Texas, home when a tornado warning flashed on the screen. She rushed to a window and spotted a huge cloud darkening the horizon. With the twister bearing down at about 70 m.p.h., she jumped into her car and raced to the Sikes shopping mall, which she thought had a basement storm shelter. But there was no shelter at the mall, and Graf, along with hundreds of shoppers, cowered on the concrete floors of the mall's stores as the storm struck and merchandise and broken glass hurtled like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Carnage in Tornado Alley | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...them--except they appreciated Kong's artificiality, they wanted to see the strings. A realistic 60-foot gorilla would have been a bit much for people who a mere 30 years before had dived out of their seats at the sight of a moving train on the screen, afraid it would run them over. Both the film-makers and the main characters were adventures--creating special effects on an unprecedented scale--and part of the film's charm lies in the breathless sense of discovery that infuses every shot, heightened with each passing reel. It's something Dino De Laurentiis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gorilla From Another Time | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

...repertoire of neurotic mannerisms brings back unwanted memories of her performance in Chinatown, even to the point of imbuing The Champ with bizarre incestuous undercurrents. As the young object of Dunaway's affections, the freckle-faced Schroder cries on any and every cue. Tears flood the screen, but at theaters where this Champ is playing, there won't be a wet eye in the house. -Frank Rich

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tear Jerks | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Despite Harvard's total domination of the first period, it was the Quakers who scored first. With Faught in the penalty box because of severe hallucinations by the referee, Penn's aggressive sophomore middle Dave Papenfuss collected the first of his two goals on a high, hard screen shot...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen Pacify Quakers, 8-6, for First Ivy Win | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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