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...ground rules for the inquest beforehand. He will probably call the eleven guests from the cookout first and then the local witnesses. Attorneys Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham, the two men other than Kennedy who know the most about what happened on the night of the accident, might unravel some of the contradictions: When did the accident occur? How did Kennedy return to Edgartown? Why wasn't the accident reported immediately? Kennedy, who prepared for his ordeal with a skiing vacation in Colorado, will be his own most important witness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kennedys: Back to Chappaquiddick | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

...complicated proportional representation (PR) voting system that has been adopted for electing the Faculty Council will take a computer to unravel the results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Computer Will Tally Votes For New Faculty Council | 1/9/1970 | See Source »

...fantasist. Deserted by his family and raised in the ghetto, he seems demoniacally set on the destruction of the others. After Stoker presumably jumps off a building and Adler drowns himself in a greenhouse fish tank, Stoker's father-a square but sympathetically drawn colonel-sets out to unravel the mystery and discovers that suicide has turned into murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Death by the Numbers | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...farce obeys the laws of the standard caper film, but for every step forward there is a thunderous pratfall back. If the Mafia man gets his sweater caught on a fender, it is sure to unravel, revealing his shoulder holster. If the Brain keeps fish in an enormous tank, it is certain to shatter, drenching the occupants of the apartment below. If the robbery is meticulously planned, it is sure to collapse into a three-ringleader circus, with no one the winner-except the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Mild Bunch | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...many of the policies, brass tacks (in-depth discussions of some current problem), and reviews of books, movies, and plays that appear on page 2 of the Crimson. Students who can review the latest Godard extravaganzas will be accepted with open arms. The same goes for those who can unravel the myriad complexities of national politics and institutions. The former are never forced to write politics and the latter needn't ever have seen a play, let alone reviewed one. You just have to be able to do your thing well. Many members of the University community read Crimson editorials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Putting the Crimson to Bed | 12/2/1969 | See Source »

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