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...also offers a wide view of the present state of photographic art. Included are works from established names, such as Robert Frank and Lee Freidlander and from the less well-known but increasingly important photographers such as Nancy Rexroth. Despite important differences in method and sensibility, all strive to snatch meaningful fragments of modern life. Quickly seen and quickly taken, the snapshot is a glimpse of a fast-moving society. It represents a new approach to reality in that it does not separate the main focus of attention from its context. A different form of artistic decision making is involved...
Crimson hockey fans witnessed two separate games. The first 56:48 consisted of the most tedious and sloppiest hockey that Harvard has played all year. The final 3:12 saw an incredible Crimson charge that overcame a 2-0 deflict to snatch away from an inspired Eh squad what would have been the biggest upset in the ECAC this year...
Whether the freestyle relay can snatch yet another victory in the closing laps of the meet will depend on how well the team can compensate for the absences of tri-captain Nancy Sato and junior Kyle Patterson, Coach Alice McCabe said yesterday...
...result: the average price of gasoline, heating oil and other petroleum products would rise by about 100 per gal. Oil companies would reap huge additional gross profits, but Ford proposes to snatch them away by imposing a "windfall-profits tax," that, combined with regular taxes, would pull in $12 billion this year...
...subterranean society of professional crime, the fence is an economic necessity. Godfather to rip-off artists ranging from truck hijackers to snatch-and-grab junkies, the fence buys their "swag" (stolen goods) for a fraction of its value and unloads it swiftly at slightly below wholesale to respectable folks eager for a bargain. Though he is the underworld's most visible agent, the fence has generally escaped the scrutiny of journalists, cameras and sociologists. Until recently, that is. In The Professional Fence (Free Press; $8.95), Sociologist Carl B. Klockars offers the latest word on the ancient practice of selling...