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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Judging from a viewing of the first four plays, however, editing has been judicious, more the neat excision of a few lines here and there than the slaughter of whole scenes, a violence often done to Shakespeare. With some notable exceptions, the performances range from competent to brilliant, and a whole stable of Britain's fine character actors trot through the familiar minor parts: John Gielgud as the righteous John of Gaunt, Celia Johnson as Juliet's nurse and Michael Hordern as her father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Longest Run | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...listen to the pro-Johnson demonstrators outside beating drums and chanting "Free Terrance" and "We say no to police brutality and racism." The court clerk swooped down on them, chastising them like wayward children to "Keep away from those windows; the blinds are closed for a reason." The whole event reached a sort of anti-climax with the announcement of a delay in the trial because the defendant had changed his plea from self-defense in both shootings to self-defense in the first and temporary insanity in the second...

Author: By Lisa A. Newman, | Title: A Maryland County Goes on Trial | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...purpose is not just to give parties, though," Winthrop said. "We should seek recognition so that when we vote the whole University will say 'That's what students think,'" Winthrop added

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Assembly Votes to Seek Recognition From Faculty | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...vandalism is probably the work of some "jokers" who see it as a kind of prank, Liebman said, adding, "The whole affair is more 'Animal House' than 'Paper Chase...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: Book Vandals Hit Law School Library | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...source added that the chairman of the visiting committee is committed to downgrading the department into a program. Although the committee has visited Harvard twice, it has not formally met with the departmental professors. One professor in the department said that he feels the whole process of the committee is "shrouded in mystery...

Author: By Lisa E. Davis, | Title: Plan to Reduce Afro-Am to a Committee Creates Controversy Among the Faculty | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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