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...unusual, how intriguingly subversive, how wild and exciting Harvard really is. For instance, Business Week, March '61 describes a brilliant high-powered Harvard and its ruthlessly competitive admissions procedure, noting that "The 'tigers' who survive are forcing the college to change its approach." In Look Magazine, Andrew T. Weil tells of the drug-taking set who formed a "Transcendental community where they could maintain a level of experience which cuts beyond routine ego and social games," noting also that "there were stories of students using hallucinogens for seductions, both heterosexual and homosexual." But it was The New Yorker and Gent...

Author: By Jonathan Schell, | Title: The Real Harvard | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...consider doing another opera this year," Jack was telling Archie. "But I may do something larger or smaller or later next year, depending on how this goes. Puccini would be larger, Pergolesi would be smaller, Weil would be later...

Author: By Nancy Moran, | Title: Mozart and Chow Mein: A Day at the Opera | 12/2/1964 | See Source »

...Peter Weil as Sorin, and John Ross as Dorn created distinct characters; Johanna Madden, as Masha, created a superb one. All three maintained the tone and pace of the production perfectly, in their individual scenes...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: The Seagull | 11/19/1964 | See Source »

Oerter, who strained two ribs in practice less than a week ago, threw the discus an Olympic record 200 ft., 1.63 inches. Dave Weil, a Californian, took the bronze medal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 8 Americans Win Tokyo Gold Medals | 10/16/1964 | See Source »

Swan Song is a long soliloquy by an old actor, Vassily Vassilyith Svetlovidov (John Ross), punctuated occasionally by remarks from an equally ancient prompter (Peter Weil), whom Svetlovidov finds in a deserted theater. Svetlovidov is alternately pathetic and ridiculous, as he recalls his life on the stage...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: Impromptu, Swan Song | 7/17/1964 | See Source »

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