Word: altering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cosmides's speech "deals tangentially with the Radcliffe centennial," Alter said. "That was a big factor in the selection," he said...
...Aaron J. Alter '79, Harvard first marshal, said the three orators were chosen from among 40 competitors to give the five-minute speeches. "We listened to everybody--presentation was just as important as content," Alter said...
...oration is traditionally humorous, Alter said. "The other two are more traditional--kind of high school valedictories given four years later," he added...
...meantime, the Callaghan government has fallen and if Margaret Thatcher and her Conservatives win Britain's May 3 election, they will undoubtedly alter British policy in the direction of support for Muzorewa and Smith. Some Tory advisers have pointed out that Britain's relations with its African allies, notably Nigeria, could be jeopardized by an abrupt change in policy on Rhodesia. The Commonwealth Prime Ministers are scheduled to meet in Zambia later this year. If the African members should still be angry with Mrs. Thatcher at that time, they could embarrass her greatly by deciding upon some kind of retaliation...
...happy news about Love on the Run, Frangois Truffaut's fifth autobiographical Antoine Doinel movie, is that Antoine still refuses to grow up. Though the director's alter ego has come far since he first appeared 20 years ago in The 400 Blows, he remains a hopelessly restless, love-hungry kid. Antoine will badger, beg and lie to win a woman's affection, only to discover over and over that his hunger is not satiated by each new conquest. As a pal tells him this time, "All you care about is boy meets girl; from there...