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Wilson, showing off his pinball prowess, racked up an amazing 44,000 points on the first ball of his game, pulling him back from the jaws of what appeared to be almost certain defeat. After three more balls, he stood at 83,450, perfect chocking range. This is the essence...
Still, Kafka: The World of Parable deserves all the audience it can get. The performance is uneven, it tends to make Kafka a little too slap-stick, but Sanders and Timm pull it off on a shoestring. Because Sander's principle of organization suggests more stream of consciousness than structure...
There were the Cubs to thank for that, of course, dying so gracefully in September, but there's no question over their achievement. World champions--a team that hadn't had a decent third basemen in its history, and then traded the one it had after the Series, and became...
Started on a shoestring by London Lawyer Peter Benenson, A.I. has recently grown in both size and influence. In 1971 its annual budget was $130,000; this year it is $425,000. About 70% of its money comes from contributions by members, the rest from foundations and private sources. Along...
And the biggest problem of preparation will be finding the money to make the trip. Radcliffe crew, which has run on a shoestring budget throughout its history and even now gets little from the University athletic budget, must raise $12,000 to cover round-trip costs to Moscow.