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...book of this kind. It's got everything: pioneer individualism and a territorial imperative much more basic than football's corporate effort; a hockey, circus atmosphere peculiar to the American brand of mass hysteria; a dying smell about it; a system for making heroes in the center spotlight; an evangelical twist. It's got politics and it's got religion...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: The Whiteness of the Ball | 5/18/1973 | See Source »

Franklin L. Ford, acting dean of the Faculty, and Harvey Brooks, dean of Engineering and Applied Physics, have shared the duties of the post since early February, but no upheavals have forced them into the University spotlight...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Past Deans Took Longer to Appoint | 5/1/1973 | See Source »

...trial seemed like an unwritten epilogue to A Clockwork Orange. The 35-year-old man in the witness box could resemble an aged Alex, back in the public spotlight after a few years hidden from scrutiny. But somehow, the romanticized notion of brain transformation that Kubrick served up on the screen and Burgess depicted--to a lesser extent--in his novel seemed far away from the austere chambers of the Wayne County courtroom...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: The Brain on Trial | 4/27/1973 | See Source »

...attend because Harvard is so important, then Bok denounces Gulf, and announces that Harvard is selling all its shares. If the Hotelworkers divested their stock, the story would have had back page value, but Harvard's prestige gives the move added impetus--enough to catapault it into the national spotlight. Congress begins to take note of the situation (prominent black Representatives had already endorsed PALC), a national Gulf boycott is boosted, and the flacks in the Gulf public relations department start working overtime to smooth over the company's damaged image...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Social Judo: The Mass Hall Takeover | 4/19/1973 | See Source »

Bill Fairbairn shared the spotlight with three assists, earning him the series scoring title with eight points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRUINS ARE OUT | 4/11/1973 | See Source »

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