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...this point people (some of them Lampoon members) began to chant absurd political slogans. The tenor of the rally thus far had not been even slightly serious and the political chants were not introduced in a serious vein. If one shouts "War! War! War!" in the same tone that he shouts "Here we go 'round the Mulberry bush" the obvious implication is that he is not to be taken seriously...
...much happier vein, the Associated Press reported that Miss Albright had "captured the affections of even the most akeptical Harvard men." Stephen W. Simpson. Chairman of the Dunster House Committee, said that despite the bills, "We wish she'd come back soon...
...promising solution to that formidable problem is being tested by medical-research teams at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island and at the University of Washington in Seattle. The doctors insert two plastic tubes in the patient's forearm, one into an artery and the other into a vein. With the patient's own heart serving as the pump, his blood is led into a loop of tubing and carried behind a lead shield. There, it is subjected to massive bombardment-with isotopic radiation by Dr. Eugene P. Cronkite at Brookhaven, or with X rays...
...juggle, Preminger keeps all of them interesting for at least two of the three hours spent In Harm's Way. At one moment he shrewdly plays the grimness of war against the undeniable glamour of it, next diverts the flow of sentimental clichés into a vein of snappish humor. "I'd enjoy meeting your son," says Meredith. "Naw-you wouldn't," grumbles Wayne, eying the lad across a messroom with eloquent distaste. Other scenes crackle comfortably: O'Neal cravenly having his backbone slapped into shape in the men's washup; Andrews placidly playing...
...rock-'n'-roll show started blasting out the top pop tunes while the TV screen filled up with frenzied Hullabalooers twisting and shouting. ' There she is," shouted a D.U., spotting a favorite blonde dancer. "Go, beast, go! Most of the comments were in the same vein: sexual fascinations mingled with snobbish derision. For students never watch in silence; half the fun is Jetting go: "Get her name-she's terrible," " God, my eyes are crossing...