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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bart Naylor '78 his thesis research, studying the neurological impulses of frogs, is "as testing ground to see it I'm really into that sort of thing." He says that although his topic "sounds peculiar, and like something you wouldn't tell you kids about," his thesis may add to the general knowledge of the field, while many social science theses "won't be read by anybody outside the student and the thesis readers" who grade the work...
William G. Perry, director of the Bureau of Study Counsel, offers a different sort of advice: don't restrict yourself to a rigid approach to the subject while doing research. "English teachers said to outline, but that's not how the mind works," says Perry. "You need to collect data and mess around with it, until the thoughts come out of the material...
With Skytrain in the air, transatlantic passengers have a choice of fares ranging all the way from Laker's $236 to $1,312 first class (see box). Gripes one British travel agent: "What we need each morning is a sort of situation-room briefing that would detail just what fares we can and can't sell that...
...cleverly has it reinterred and saves her marriage. In Musgrave, the statue is Ariadne, but only her pedestal is found. The Count is seduced by her laments, which only he -and the audience (Ariadne's music is on pre-recorded tape)-can hear. He redeems himself through a sort of Wagnerian metamorphosis in which he firs thinks of himself as Theseus, then realizes that the Countess (splendidly sung by a young newcomer, Soprano Cynthia Clarey) is his real-life Ariadne after all Ariadne is a delightful romance, and a the final curtain last week, the audience responded with long...
...most important cluster of modern art exhibitions the world has seen this year is running (until Oct 16) in Berlin. "Trends of the Twenties," set up by the Council of Europe, contains four exhibitions: some 3,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos, models' posters, documents and every imaginable sort of artifact, from a suprematist teacup by the pioneer Russian abstractionist Kasimir Malevich to a Bauhaus gramophone. The exhibition catalogue is as thick as a brick; one needs persistence, but is richly rewarded. For "Trends of the Twenties" offers a vast and unique panorama of the European avant-garde...