Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Escape, the philosophers say, is a major theme of human existence. Man is constantly trying "to get away from it all, but somehow never makesit any farther than the Cape, the Jersey Shore or the corner bar. Life's grip is too tight; escape from the mundane constraints of reality requires creativity, daring or foolhardiness. Perhaps that is why there are escape artists...
...have survived to the present day, all trying--probably in vain--to match the caliber of Houdini. One such artists is Ron Fable, a 35-year-old performer from Milwaukee, who works at fairs and public gatherings in the Midwest. Fable specializes in strait-jacket escapes, using a skin tight jacket that is particularly difficult to master. Like Houdini, he hangs from a crane or flagpole while making his escape...
During his successful race for the West Virginia governorship last November, Jay Rockefeller kept a tight lip when it came to talk of his wealth. "I am too rich to steal," one less-than-tactful aide quoted him as saying during the campaign. How true. Last week, while Wife Sharon was in Washington testifying on her appointment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rockefeller finally released a financial report. His net worth: $19,716,479 in trust funds, property, furniture, art and other possessions...
Administrators said the decision stemmed from a tight budget in the Anthropology Department, but the students apparently believed money shouldn't stand in the way of the "new mood on campus...
Into this position in July walked Dr. Daniel C. Tosteson '46, after spending less than two years as dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. introductory conferences, phone calls and dinner meetings here has yet to stop. But if Tosteson's days are packed tight with appointments, he handles them all with equanimity...