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...Theater, it reflects his le gitimate dismay at the social and polit ical gangrene spread by the Viet Nam War. Unfortunately, it is difficult to transpose the My Lai massacre into a sick South Pacific. Nonetheless, if the hard-rock band does not split a play goer's skull, some of the farcically outrageous and libidinous goings-on may tickle his ribs...
...most mysterious, least-known area of man's universe does not lie in the farthest reaches of outer space. Nor is it found in the most remote Amazonian jungle or in the inky blackness of the Mariana Trench. It is located instead in side the human skull, and consists of some 3½ pounds of pinkish-gray mate rial with the consistency of oat meal. It is, of course, the human brain...
Consisting largely of gray matter and fissured like a lunar landscape, the cerebrum dominates the human brain, filling the dome of the skull. It also makes man what he is, for it contains the areas that control thought and consciousness, the quality that enables man to remember his past, understand the present and anticipate his future...
...vigorous, affable 67-year-old with a Southwestern twang and a long bald skull like a dented kettle, Smith was born a Cherokee in Indian Territory (later renamed Oklahoma) in 1906. His education was rudimentary-"the three Rs, and farm work the rest of the time" -but during the Depression he managed to put himself through Oklahoma State College at Ada. Then, in 1933, he happened on the art department there...
...start at the beginning. I went to my first Harvard hockey game Wednesday and I was really lucky to get seats in Section 18. Anyway, I was innocently standing in the bleachers bidding my post-game goodbyes when this opposing player jumped into the stands and perforated my skull with his blade...