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...tough ex-district attorney from Philadelphia, Sprague, 51, is the chief counsel and staff director of the Select Committee on Assassinations. During the past few months, he has shocked the House by acting like a Congress man. Complained Speaker Tip O'Neill: "Sprague was running the committee." Sprague demanded a "bare bones" $13 million budget for two years, lobbied House members in a grating fashion, and freely granted press interviews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Shrinking Sprague | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...Metropolitan District Commission, the agency that will build and maintain the Kennedy Park, recently solicited bids for the construction, but has yet to select a contractor...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: State Solicits Bids For MBTA Yard | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...pledging works, if you now feel guilty enough to carry through is this: Select one or more gift premiums from the catalogue available by calling 262-8700 (after determining how much you wish to pledge). If you pledge $20 or more, you may choose a musical request from over 1000 exclusive performances taped by the BSO at Tanglewood, Symphony Hall, and in Europe, under the batons of Koussevitsky, Leinsdorf, Much, Ozawa. Your choice selection will be broadcast over WCRB in the 4-day period. These recording are not available at the Coop, Strawberries, or any other record dealer...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: Could George Plimpton Even Whistle Dixie? | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

Common questions these days, and why not. It really is pretty difficult to select just four courses when you're presented with a 722-page course catalogue containing all of your favorites...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Thou Shalt Think Now, So as Not to Be Sorry Later | 2/9/1977 | See Source »

...figure was fashioning his own "mythical method." Constantine P. Cavafy, the poet of "Greeks in exile," had begun to construct his corporate poetic statement a dozen years before Eliot's review, and in isolation from the rich literary interchange of artists in the West. Cavafy published for a very select audience during his lifetime--and translations of his work into English were rarer still. When Cavafy died in 1933 on his seventieth birthday, he was known to very few outside the Greek community, but a resurgent interest in the poet during recent years has generated several translations of his work...

Author: By Marilyn L. Booth, | Title: Discovering A Myth-Maker | 2/8/1977 | See Source »

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