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...sure Dealing isn't without a certain local interest. For example, as John the rich aesthete, John Litgow '67 is involved in a gentle take-off of the high-handed theatrics of Tim Mayer, fellow Harvard graduate, accomplished theater director, and local legend. And--of even more parochial interest--is the fact that the design of John's bedroom has been at least partly inspired by that of Frank Rich, a former contributor to these pages. Aside from such intramural references, however, Dealing would seem to have little to do with Harvard--until you consider the spirit that underlies...
...gloom-struck overview of Thomas Hardy, is a sort of high-class Peyton Place. The Lucy of public TV, Julia Child, is also back in a new 26-part series on French cuisine, "designed," she says, "as a refresher course for experienced cooks and as a jet-assist take-off for beginners...
...questionnaire was not supposed to be a scientific sampling of students,"said Alan T. Nelson, the North House tutor who sponsored the poll as a take-off point for a non-credit seminar on dorm relationships. Only one-sixth of the questionnaires were returned but, he said, "some trends were clear...
...Groove Tube's saving-grace exception to this kind of tired and often insulting joke is a brilliantly conceived and brilliantly performed take-off on kiddie-shows, "Ko-Ko the clown," Ko-Ko squeals and prances his way through the usual Saturday morning routines until "Make-Believe Time," when he tells the boys and girls to make sure that all the "big people" are out of the room. When Make Believe Time finally gets started, Ko-Ko takes off his rubber nose, lights a cigarette, matter-of-factly announces "We have a request from Ricky Allen of Maplewood, New Jersey...
Field reports said the 42-year-old general's helicopter crashed after developing mechanical trouble shortly after take-off from his forward headquarters at Tay Ninh, on the Vietnamese side of the border...