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...rights lawyer perceives himself as a technician, taking advantage of accidental quirks in the legal system. "While doing civil liberties work it became clear to me that whenever people tried to take advantage of the rules of the game the system had laid down in order to achieve peaceful change, the rules of the game tightened up," said New York attorney Henry diSuvero...
...quarterback the talent situation shapes up similarly to last year. In Jimmy Stoeckel and Milt Holt, Harvard has the same dichotomy between technician and passer, respectively, as the Crimson had with Stoeckel and Eric Crone. Only this time Stoeckel seems to have the inside track on the starting...
David Rubin, concert and artists manager at Steinway & Sons, also cites a decline in service. Two weeks ago, Spanish Pianist Alicia de Larrocha struggled valiantly with the stiff action of a Steinway at a recital near Washington, D.C., after a local dealer's technician denied her request for a minor adjustment, insisting that the instrument was in "perfect condition." Misha Dichter, 27, still smarts from the rebuff of a tuner in St. Paul who responded to his complaint about the house piano: "Listen, young whippersnapper, Liberace played it and he liked...
...shots during a 20-mm.-cannon strafing run on what he described as "trees and trails running into trees." As reporters gathered round the two pilots, a ground technician broke in to note that Ratley had expended all but 20 of the 1,500 rounds of ammunition he had carried. Did Ratley see any people in his target area? "No, sir, not directly," he replied...
Redhaired, crew-cut Billy Newell, 6, was having the time of his life. First he picked up a foot-long toothbrush and used it to clean an oversized set of false teeth, following instructions on proper brushing procedures supplied by a dental technician. Then he tried to apply the same technique on his own teeth. Using a regular child's toothbrush, he began brushing vigorously, trying to remove every trace of a sweet red wafer handed him a moment before by the technician. "It tastes like candy!" he yelled to a screaming crowd of balloon-carrying children, as pink...