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...placed Humphrey in one of the new Administration's more conspicuous posts; it would also have provided ample opportunity for political fence mending on company time, as it were. As an added lure, Humphrey was offered veto power over all Democratic appointees to the Nixon Administration in Cabinet, sub-Cabinet, White House and regulatory-agency posts. He was guaranteed a quota of Democrats to place in these jobs. As U.N. Ambassador, he would also have had Nixon's go-ahead to spend whatever time he felt necessary to rebuild the Democratic party. Finally, said Nixon, he knew that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: A Job with a Future | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

Melchior, now 78, has been doing his part by scouring the ranks of young singers for potential Heldentenor ma terial. He formed his own Heldentenor Foundation five years ago, and by this year had raised enough money to offer some deserving prospect a year of sub sidized study and practice. Last week, at Manhattan's Juilliard School, he auditioned nine candidates from among 50 applicants around the country. The judges included Singers Nilsson and Alexander Kipnis and Juilliard President Peter Mennin. They picked not one but two winners, each of whom proved in extreme ways Melchior's dictum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singers: Searching for Heroes | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

...Student-Faculty Advisory Council yesterday voted, 14-8, to ask the Committee on Admissions and Scholarships not to reduce the scholarship stipend of any student on probation until an SFAC sub-committee can complete a study of probation's relation to financial...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: SFAC Asks Delay In Stipend Cuts | 2/26/1969 | See Source »

...from the impoverished hills of West Virginia who is the fulfillment of Portnoy's steamiest adolescent sex fantasies. The Monkey business ends in a frenzied bedroom burlesque in Rome, made the merrier by the participation of an Italian prostitute. Comments Portnoy: "I can best describe the state I sub sequently entered as one of unrelieved busy-ness." But instead of solving his problem, the Monkey is just another source of shame. She wants Alex's social respectability while he is interested only in satisfying his endless desires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Sex Novel of the Absurd | 2/21/1969 | See Source »

Dartmouth remains a heavy favorite to repeat last year's Eastern triumph, largely because of its outstanding corps of jumpers. Middlebury, however, lacks its usual abundance of stars, and sub-par performance in any one of the four events could permit a Crimson upset...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Skiers Enter Eastern Meet | 2/21/1969 | See Source »

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