Word: stephen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Professor Rogers, a widow, had been interim president ever since the regents last fall abruptly fired Stephen Spurr, a former graduate dean at the University of Michigan (TIME, Oct. 28). But few on the 42,000-student Austin campus thought she would take over the job permanently. In fact, when the regents started searching for a new president, they agreed to work with a twelve-member student-faculty search committee. The committee screened 300 candidates and finally came up with five finalists; it specifically rejected Professor Rogers on four separate votes. Nevertheless, soon after the start of classes this fall...
...went gently into the night, despite the steamy atmosphere of 43 bodies, despite the Scandinavian's slurs on the American way of life and despite the moaning chords of Stephen's harmonica...
...Eugene, Stephen had turned from music to monologue to win the favors of the young woman next to him. Holding her baby on his lap, he went through his repetoire of junior high ribaldry and his favorite movies, of which Behind the Door was number 1 through 8. By Rosemont, Stephen and his dream date were holding hands...
...romance was cut short, however, at 1 a.m. when Stephen was thrown off the bus for not having a ticket. Apparently, he and the Scandanavian had boarded on the same Ameripass, a month-long bus ticket. His erstwhile friend had deserted him two hours earlier, annoyed at Stephen's lack of attention and eager to find better companionship aboard a following...
...Stephen's departure signaled sleep time for our section of the bus, and most dozed until daylight. Oakland observed the Sabbath as we passed through, and San Francisco was hardly more awake at 8:30 on a Sunday morning...