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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theater in which, as Lasdun puts it, "an actor could hold an audience in the palm of his hand, and every one of them would have him in his sight." The fan spread of the house is between 125° and 130°; that is the effective width span of human vision. In intensity of effect, this means that one actor can have an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with 1,160 pairs of eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: A New Treasure on the Thames | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

...conflicts between those who counseled open rebellion against their absurd imprisonment and those who advised patience. The Spirit at Manzanar became a dignified resistance in which individuality was not sacrificed to the survivor's ethic. The story, in which a family called the Wakatsukis endures in a short span most of life's large experiences (birth, death, new love, even madness), never seems forced or schematic. The result is a work that is modest and touching and refreshingly free of melodrama. It is not at all the sort of thing you expect to find on Thursday Night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Viewpoints: A Lot of Nerve | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

Died. Commodore John W. Anderson, 77, affable master mariner who captained the world's fastest passenger liner, the United States, on 494 safe Atlantic crossings during an 11½-year span; after a long illness; in Tenafly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 1, 1976 | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

William G. Fletcher Jr. '76 is press spokesman for the Task Force on Affirmative Action, a coalition of Harvard women and minority students and workers. BLACK ASIAN AMER. AMER. INDIAN SPAN. SURNAME ALL OTHER TOTAL alary Grade Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women GRADE 1 $433-$565/month 14 23 1 1 0 0 2 2 33 73 50 99 GRADE 2 $470-$605/month 20 50 2 15 0 1 3 10 51 237 76 313 GRADE 3 $505-$660/month 21 87 0 17 0 2 2 12 68 674 91 762 GRADE...

Author: By William Fletcher, | Title: Affirmative Action at Harvard | 2/24/1976 | See Source »

...Life expectancy is now 76.7 years for white women and 68.9 years for white men, up 2.1 years and 1.2 years respectively in the past decade. But non-whites continue to lag, with a life span of about 71.3 years for women and 62.9 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Nation's Health | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

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