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THERE ARE NO indications that Bower sock's efforts will fare any better. The reform's language alone is hardly compelling. The legislation asks that "normally" full-time faculty members teach a minimum of one tutorial each term, providing a loophole for innumerable abnormal exceptions. The student-faculty committee may only "recommend remedial steps" to the head tutor and chairman. If department heads choose to ignore committee recommendations, so be it. Finally, the reforms humbly beg that "consideration should be given to the possibility" of hiring lecturers for tutorial instruction...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Tutorials: Aging Gracelessly | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...head surrounds the hand of its operator. When the operator's thumb and fingers come together, the Muppet's mouth closes; when thumb and fingers separate, the mouth opens. If the Muppet's face is pliable, as Kirmit's is?he is not much more than a green felt sock that fits over a human hand, with a wide pink split for the mouth and what look like glued-on halves of Ping Pong balls for eyes?the clenchings and wrigglings of the operator's fist can change the expression with considerable subtlety. Not simply smiles, but wistful smiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Those Marvelous Muppets | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...court ruled the aptitude was too low for the defendent to determine the waiver of his rights after his arrest. Hines has an IQ of 39. The judge overruled Mims' point. The rape victim--who weighs over 200 pounds to Hines' 120--said the assailant wore a sock over his face. The jury found Hines guilty and the judge sentenced him to 30 years imprisonment. Hines grinned as the cameras flashed...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Southern Justice: 1978 | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

After the eleventh round, Ali took stock. "Am I winning?" he asked his seconds. Back came the reply: "You're way ahead." And Trainer Angelo Dundee added, "Just sock him-sock him!" In Spinks' corner, one of his handlers frantically urged: "You've got to fight your fight. You're fighting his fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Young Once Again at 36 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

Yesterday's 5-0 shutout over MIT featured the same timely offense plus solid pitching as the squad's first Northern win over UMass a week ago, but with a little more sock, and a tad more finesse on the mound...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Brown's One-Hitter Railroads MIT Engineers, 5-0 | 4/12/1978 | See Source »

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