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...merger tussle is viewed as a tug-of-war, the small deficit would considerably strengthen Radcliffe's position. What pressure Radcliffe trustees feel to merge is not based on financial considerations, they say. Their trust is to preserve the interest of women's education within the Harvard system, an interest perhaps best served by merging...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Radcliffe Trustees Play A Waiting Game | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

...where Philadelphia is out in front. Sonny Liston said he'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than mayor of Philadelphia, but this is hardly an excuse for electing Frank Rizzo. Nevertheless, Philadelphia has a batter in the top ten. The best hitter on the Mets these days is Tug McGraw...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: The Queens Comet | 6/11/1974 | See Source »

...proposes two 1,000-yard-long minicylinders for only 10,000 people, which would require the transport and assembly in space of some 10,000 tons of material from earth. These basic components would be ferried piecemeal by successive trips of NASA'S proposed space shuttle and space tug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Colonies in Space | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...limited her favors to a virile ship's engineer named Harry, who possesses an unholy thirst and an unquenchable lust. Harry (Edward J. Moore) is as lean as Jack Sprat, and he and Gert (Conchata Ferrell) form the oddly discrepant, frantically energetic alliance of a harbor tug docking an ocean liner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Spars and Scars | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...growth. The filmmakers also fail to develop some intriguing themes: Conroy must have influenced his children's lives beyond the classroom, but when their usually stand-offish parents strike to protest Conroy's dismissal, there is no explanation for the growth of their militancy. At times we see creators tug to pull their fable together: a midwife portentously tells Conroy, to "treat the kids right, and they'll do right by you," and he explains his work to the people of Beaufort, South Carolina (unbelievably) via sound...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Conrack and Its Critics | 5/15/1974 | See Source »

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