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...were left to the cameramen, whose attention we had to vie for, thereby dividing our forces, and the emcee, a middle-aged man named Mr. Earl whose face looked like a birthday cake with all the candles blown out. As he courteously informed whoever might be interested that the instant recall of answers that we varsity scholars had been displaying was far less significant than the more significant reasoning we were capable of, Mr. Earle's eyes got a bit dreamy, as if he were writing verses for a Valentine's Day card. But when inexpicable laughter came from...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: A Trip to New York | 11/26/1968 | See Source »

...Whoever would have thunk it? Both Princeton and Cornell so far out of the race that only one of the two, Princeton, has a shot even at the first division. Some day a better man than I will explain what happened to the Big Red this year; they had the material, but never clicked. Princeton lost a toughie to Harvard and then crumbled before the Dowling machine. The Tigers have enough left, though barely: Princeton 23, Cornell...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 11/23/1968 | See Source »

...Whoever is big is stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 22, 1968 | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...BLACKMAN, DARTMOUTH: "I don't thing it's possible to predict the victor, so I'd rather not try. Whoever gets the most good breaks will probably win, and Yale does seem to have a habit of getting the breaks, though that may change on Saturday. I think the Eli defense and the Harvard offense are both greatly underestimated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Coaches Undecided; Favor Yale | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...Norman Mailers, then could provide space for an 84,240-word report on the two conventions written to fit the monthly deadline of a magazine, there remains at least one more problem. What if a reporter launches himself into a "subjective" account that doesn't seem "true" to whoever is entrusted to pass judgment upon truth and rightness? And if the reporter has aligned himself with the "wrong" side, who is to decide that this is so? The logic in attempting to provide unequivocal truth and rightness, then, is subject to infinite regression...

Author: By Lawrence Allison, | Title: Mr. Mailer and the myth of objectivity | 11/14/1968 | See Source »

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