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...bring football in line with a sports such as women's soccer, where another team of Harvard Ivy-League champions will soon make its debut in the quarterfinals round of the NCAA Division 1 championship. With its first-ever post-season win over UMass last week, Harvard broke a spell of three straight losses to its neighbor and rival...
...belief. It sounded as if he had been playing this piece for twice his age. But what made the entire performance of "Pictures" truly great, as good as the golden Benno Moiseiwitsch recording, was his huge sound at "The Great Gate of Kiev." The audience was completely under his spell. And his choice of encore, the Schumann-Liszt "Widmung," sent everyone home smiling...
Behind that placid exterior, however, is a stubborn defiance that could spell disaster for his defense. This week, as jury selection got under way in Sacramento, Calif., for his trial on federal charges of killing two men and seriously wounding two others with package bombs, Kaczynski's defense strategy is in turmoil. The first public sign of trouble was the Harvard graduate's abrupt refusal to be examined by prosecution psychiatrists. But Time has learned that he initially resisted examination by even his own doctors. This stance might be endorsed by the "Unabomber Manifesto," which denounces anyone who attempts...
...that Hyman succumbs to and recriprocates the endless radar pleas emanating from afflicted Sylvia at the presence of Hyman. At one point, keying into Sylvia's wide-band frequency, Hyman solemnly advises Sylvia to fantasize that she has just made love to him, as a way to break the spell that the paralysis has come to appear to be. The scene is eminently conceivable, given the psychological pathfinding that has gone on in determinig Sylvia's ailment...
...best in its subtler moments. During Brackett's interview, for example, a folksy guitar strums gently in the background as Baily plies millions of viewers with his simple charm. When Brackett cuts abruptly to a commercial, both guitar and Baily are unceremoniously replaced with a garish sneaker advertisement. The spell is suddenly broken and the effect is undeniable: we realize we've been played, effortlessly manipulated by a half-wit and a cheesy soundtrack...