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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Salaam, three Somali envoys ventured forth to survey the battlefront. They found nothing whatever happening. Finally, with characteristic panache, General Amin himself toured the border and announced proudly that everything was "peaceful and calm" once more. Back in Dar, a Tanzanian spokesman summed up the wole affair as "utter nonsense." To which watchers of Amin might add "Amen...
...Vice President Eric Hodgins recalled, this compliment "caused even those among management to utter harsh, humorless laughter." The management structure was altered to give the publishers more autonomy, but it remained "a benevolent and indulgent monarchy," since Luce retained the final say in all major decisions. That began to change in 1960 when, in a reorganization, the founding executives made way for a new president and board chairman. In 1964, Luce himself solved the problem of editorial succession by picking Hedley Donovan to be editor in chief of all Time Inc. publications. It was Donovan, not Luce, who decided that...
...moment would seem to be ripe for dramatic diplomatic initiatives, but none have been made. The United Nations peace mission undertaken by Swedish Ambassador to the Soviet Union Gunnar Jarring has ended in utter failure. The Soviets, having been invited by Sadat to withdraw their formidable military presence from Egypt last year, are remaining relatively aloof from the scene. That leaves the U.S. as the only peacemaker in sight, but so far the Nixon Administration has failed to come up with any fresh ideas...
...Harvard the NCAA competition was an utter disaster, with only the performance of outgoing captain Terry Valenzuela coming anywhere near what one might term "respectable." Valenzuela won seven out of eleven sabre bouts in the second day of the finals to finish tenth overall in the NCAA individual standings with a 12-11 bouting record...
...much coverage to the sale of the 200,000th or whatever ticket (How long--O Lord?) to "The King of Hearts." A thoughtful re-review would have been more in order. Is it too much to ask of a Harvard paper--too much, a critical analysis exposing the utter mindlessness of a film experience like that, ready to spread, to be sure, down the East Coast, on the wings of your vaunting its Cambridge reputation...