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...Professor Carolyn Richmond. "But the captions were very helpful. Even though I understand French, I wouldn't have grasped a lot of what was being sung without them." Cyril Harris, who designed the acoustics for New York City's Avery Fisher Hall, was also impressed. Harris, a stickler for concert-hall perfection, said, "I thought the captions would be distracting, but they weren...
...Soviets of violating SALT II. These are the same officials who denigrated the treaty as imposing no meaningful limits on Soviet programs. What is more, given Reagan's refusal to send SALT II to the Senate for ratification, it is difficult for his Administration to be a stickler about whether the Soviets are complying with its rules...
...transition from cross-country to indoor track obviously has not fazed sophomores Jenny Sticker and Kate Wiley, who were both named to the All-American cross-country squad earlier this year. They finished one-two in the 1500-meter race and Stickler's 4.20.9 set a new facility record. They later went on to give the two-mile relay team an easy victory...
...decision, though, everything had gone in Andropov's favor. First, Chernenko arrived late for work because of a flat tire. That had been enough to infuriate the boss, a stickler for punctuality. Then Brezhnev complimented Andropov on his new Pierre Cardin suit and suggested they go shopping together in the near future...
...going to be a stickler about the number of units offered,"Kuehn stated adding that "the burden is on us to satisfy, not the reverse...