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Princeton got outstanding shooting from its sophomore whiz Geof Petrie. The 6-2 guard flashed several tricky moves as he scored 10 of the first 28 points. Teaming with captain Joe Heiser in the back-court, Petrie showed the same disrespect for Harvard guards Bob Beller and Mickey Norlander that...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Tigers, Quakers Trounce Fumbling Crimson Quintet | 1/15/1968 | See Source »

Most of the film has an alarmingly derivative style, and much of it is secondhand. The screwball scene in which Benjamin breaks up the wedding is uncomfortably close to Morgan. The editing features tricky sound overlaps from one scene to another and quick jump cuts from faces to bodies and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Graduate | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, spoke against Handlin's amendment, which last night he termed "tricky and even weird." He argued that Handlin's view was worth considering later but that it would be capricious to substitute it now for a plan painstakingly worked out...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: Faculty Votes Approval For CEP Pass-Fail Plan | 12/6/1967 | See Source »

Advent of Minipounds. The Tory attacks were predictable, of course, but their unexpected ferocity stemmed from Wilson's tricky presentation of devaluation. To Callaghan, formerly known as "Sunny Jim," Wilson delegated the plain speaking about devaluation: the inevitable rise in domestic prices, the need to hold down wage increases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: After the Fall | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

One former Harvard visual studies student wrote Andrews after seeing the college: "I was incredibly turned-on by your building. . . . What was really great about the buildings from the outside was that the whole time it felt like you were standing next to a real solid building . . . the shapes, angles...

Author: By Robert M. Krim, | Title: Andrews--genius of Scarborough is coming to Harvard | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

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