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...house itself is strictest Wyeth: gabled white clapboard, severe and trim and sagging a little off plumb; country-craftsman geometry perched on a flat tongue of land at the sea's edge in Cushing, Me. It looks thrifty, and was; its owner bought it for $50 and trucked it to the site. Inside, the illusion of having entered one of the man's pictures multiplies. The ceilings are low, the furniture old and spartan, the rooms small, white and uncluttered. A lot of distinct air surrounds each object. Through the front window, one sees a lawn with...
...Radcliffe enrollment was to be increased from 315 a class, to about 450, and Harvard class size dropped from 1200 to about 1150. The Bok plan, in sum therefore, called for an increase of about 10 undergraduates a year. In fact, Harvard Admissions has been loath to trim a full 50 men from the Harvard class, and the entering class of 1977 will have 1175 men and 475 women, closely matching the 2.5:1 ratio...
...number of service stations that were operating normally-that is, keeping regular hours and not rationing gas to their customers. With refineries turning out gasoline at prodigious rates, gas stocks have been level or building up. Most important, demand has been waning, as drivers slow down and trim trips to save fuel. Still, some communities continue to be plagued by gasoline shortages, including Denver, Kansas City, even San Clemente...
...temperate Baker drinks only an occasional gin and tonic and tolerates neither profanity nor off-color humor. During the hearings he has dieted off 25 lbs. and now weighs a trim 155. He plays golf and tennis avidly and frequently canoes on the Little Tennessee River or hikes in the nearby hills. His favorite pastime, however, is photography, and both his $150,000 rambling home in tiny Huntsville, Tenn...
...trim, tall 61-year-old labor lawyer, will hold the key command position in the Harvard Brigade, independent from even his nominal superior Richardson. As special prosecutor he will be in charge of all prosecutions stemming from offenses committed during last year's presidential campaign...