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...rock's swiftly broadening standards, Harrison's musical spectrum is almost Wagnerian in its width and style. The poetic spectrum of his lyrics-mainly about fear of loneliness or love of God, of his wife, of love itself-is narrow, but still capable of bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Letting George Do It | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

...Harvard should have an advantage at the start because of the home field factor. Penn is accustomed to playing night games on the astroturf of Franklin Field. But even more than the turf, Franklin Field is the minimum 65-foot width while the Business School Field is the maximum 75 feet wide...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Soccer Team Must Fend Off Penn | 10/31/1970 | See Source »

Since both teams are strong at center fullback, Harvard's experience at using the full width of the field could be a significant advantage. "I'm sure it will give us a real boost," Munro said...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Soccer Team Must Fend Off Penn | 10/31/1970 | See Source »

Undaunted by current fads (his hair is short, his ties 1960 width), Lyman is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Swarthmore, a Harvard Ph.D. and an expert on contemporary British history. As provost for 31 years, he increased the admission of minority students and spearheaded curriculum reforms. Skilled in the vanishing art of dialogue, he delivered frequent briefings over the campus radio last spring and has now scheduled a weekly press conference. He seeks reform, but intends to fight disruption. "We have to preserve order," he said last week, "because if we do not, someone else who does not understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: New Order for Stanford | 10/12/1970 | See Source »

Responsibility for enforcing the cease-fire falls primarily to the two countries involved. The width of the nonfiring zone permits each to keep an eye on the other through "oblique reconnaissance." The camera-carrying planes fly high enough to photograph enemy territory without crossing the border, though some direct overflights are permitted. In addition, about 100 U.N. truce observers, who have spent most of their time since the 1967 Six-Day War ducking the Suez crossfire, remain to supervise the truce on the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Suez: Shalom and Salaam | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

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