Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alumni who were among the American hostages held captive in Iran may return to Harvard for the 1981-82 academic year. The Center for International Affairs (CFIA) has informally invited John W. Limbert Jr. '64 and Elizabeth Ann Swift '62 to become CFIA fellows. But earlier this week, neither former hostage had been officially informed of the offer--which the CFIA sent through the State Department--and neither had yet responded...
...combat the "reign of terror in American cities," the nation's top judge called for greater stress on the "deterrent effect" of "swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty, and-at some point-finality of judgment." He suggested hiring more prosecutors, defenders and judges so that a defendant could be tried within a few weeks of arrest, rather than months, and get his appeal heard within eight weeks. One round of direct appeals per defendant, he argued, should be enough...
...play a dictator's doxy. When the material is tepid, she puts a fire under it to make it percolate. When given a strong scene, like the dying Evita's farewell radio address, she can key several moods - weariness, coquetry, defiance - while providing the scene with a swift climactic kick. But Writer Ronald Harwood and Director Marvin Chomsky allow too much of Evita Perón to glide by on casters; and James Farentino, as Perón, looks and acts as if he could be Robert De Niro's older brother who went into accounting...
...Apache begins as a thriller about urban terror. But not long after the initial murders, Gould changes tone and gives us "A Day in the Life of a N.Y. Cop." As Murphy and Corelli save a Puerto Rican drag queen from suicide, subdue a knife-wielding derelict, chase a swift purse-snatcher, (angle with a slimy pimp, and deliver the child of an unwed fourteen-year-old, the movie becomes an inner city Adam...
Crimson stalwart Tony Cimmarusti wrestled to a 3-3 draw at 177 and heavyweight Jim Phills also tied his opponent, but UMass got swift revenge in the form of a decision...