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...students. And he must do all this under the glare of a national spotlight. One professor confided recently that many faculty members--though none dare say so in public for fear of being branded as racist--believe that Bok has gone through the crudest of machinations to win over vocal minority students. In fact, the professor added, it is a favorite topic of private discussions among faculty members. In such an atmosphere, Bok deserves sympathy for his difficult position and praise for his willingness to write open letters...
...party's power monopoly. That was the apparent aim of Party Boss Stanislaw Kania's surprise visits to Prague and East Berlin last week. Party Bosses Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia and Erich Honecker of East Germany have been, along with the Soviets, the most bitter and vocal critics of Poland's liberalization. Western analysts saw Kama's back-to-back meetings with them as an attempt to reassure his skeptical comrades and gain enough time to bring the Polish crisis solidly under control. Significantly, press coverage of Poland was muted throughout the East bloc last week...
...still genial; abused cats take a philosophical view. In L'Enfant Hockney creates his richest, most brilliant sets and French Conductor Manuel Rosenthal coaxes the most subtle performance from the Met orchestra. It has been said that the Ravel work is such a perfect distillation of orchestral and vocal art that it resists dramatization, that no physical embodiment of it is possible. Perhaps.Yet the Met does justice to the masterpiece with an approach that is both witty and tender, and one leaves under the spell of Ravel's miracles...
Indeed, Weicker's gregarious style, immensly popular at home, has won him few admirers in Washington. He takes every opportunity to make long-winded, self-righteous speeches during floor debates, and has been accused of milking his vocal anti-administration stand during the Watergate hearings for more than it was worth. He traditionally sponsors an eclectic array of legislation and though he sits on several influential committees, few consider him an effective lawmaker...
Before a deafeningly vocal home crowd of supporters, Palmer pulled away from teammate. Carol Downey at the 400-yd. mark of the 500 free to win by a mere half-second. Her victory in the 200 back was more clear cut--Palmer touched a full two seconds ahead of Kaili Chun to become the meet's first double winner...