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...probably ask where the money for such an undertaking would come from. But what do we need money for.? Marble pillars.? A boat-house? A spacious campus with a chapel? An electron accelerator? A computer for our political science mandarins? Secretaries to type endless manuscripts for non-teaching professors? Deleting these "extras, one could support a university solely on a tuition smaller than Harvard's or M.I.T.'s-and still give scholarships to needy students. Think about...

Author: By James A. Smith, | Title: Creating the Orthogonal University | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

...Crimson, tied Navy for fourth place behind N.Y.U., Columbia, and Penn. In the spacious, thoroughly modern and professional arena at Notre Dame, the rest of the nation was unable to knock off the powerful Ivy League teams. The East also took all five spots in dominating the All-American selections...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Fencers Take Fourth Place in Nationals | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

...number that viewers are getting to know better than the digits of their own phone. Henry and Jane have something, but the little brother with the big mouth just might have everything. Outside his spacious Bel Air home, Bridget, 6, and Justin, 3½, gambol; Sue has retained her appeal; the checks from 22% of Easy Rider will soon annihilate the bills. A newspaper cartoon pinned above the fireplace says it all: two teen-age girls moon around a room waiting out a thunderstorm. "Do you think," asks one, "that it rains on Peter Fonda too?" No longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Flying Fondas and How They Grew | 2/16/1970 | See Source »

Dramatic as the rehearsal was, the actual show this week should have even greater impact. Plans call for the two models, wearing their unisex clothing, to mingle with 200 formally attired, champagne-sipping guests on the spacious first floor of the Butler mansion. After taking off their tank tops, Broom and Holt will linger awhile and then ascend a circular staircase to strip to the buff in full view of the onlookers. "It's a shock thing," Gernreich admits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Finale for Fashion? | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

...room opened out behind the door, spacious and modern. Vag examined the beige rug beneath his feet, then diffidently raised his eyes to the light blue-and-green sofa and the shining desk and the blue-and-green tinted lamps. This was like the house of one of his daughters-in-law: it made him nervous but of course he complimented her on her good taste. In a light-green armchair sat a pleasant, youngish man holding a small book. Vag looked at him curiously. He felt obliged to state his business, but he had none...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Cabbages and Kings Giving Up the Ghost | 1/14/1970 | See Source »

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