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...small man fighting the bureaucracy, only instead of the harried housewife trying to get the phone company to correct a billing error, this is blood 'n' guts stuff. It doesn't work. The C.I.A. is doing its job in this film, and ther heroes--Redford and Max von Sydow (the completely amoral killer-as-artist)--are hollow and unconvincing. Three Days of the Condor illustrates some of the dilemmas of liberalism faced with the need for a C.I.A.--the final appeal, the deus ex machina of the film, is The New York Times. The C.I.A. comes off as sane...
Ross said that the survey, sparked by an October report on overcrowding at the Union presented by F. Skiddy von Stade, dean of freshmen, covered students eating interhouse at all undergraduate dining halls from October 25 to November...
...Concord Art Gallery at 82 Charles St. on Beacon Hill is showing the works of a man named John Ulbricht and his wife, Angela Von Neuman. Ulbricht has the distinction of being President Ford's portrait artist. I remember hearing that Betty Ford's portrait was sent back by the White House curator for being disproportionally larger than those of other first ladies...
Also during the meeting--CHUL's first this year--the committee heard F. Skiddy von Stade '37, dean of freshmen, report on lunchtime overcrowding in the Union and the time restrictions he ordered into effect last week to limit the numbers of upperclassmen eating there...
During his report von Stade said Union overcrowding during the last two weeks resulted in part from bad weather and from students shopping for courses. For this reason, he told the panel, he will wait until later this semester before making any proposals on further restrictions...