Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...floor. The institute claimed that Old Glory was positioned so viewers would not be forced to walk on it. But Joseph Morris, a lawyer for several veterans' groups, said the exhibit constitutes an "invitation to step on the flag." The vets, however, failed to persuade Cook County Circuit Judge Kenneth Gillis to close the show, so it reopened to the public Friday, after several days of being viewable only to students, faculty and staff. Security guards allowed only a limited number into the gallery at any one time, but that did not stop several veterans from taking the flag...
...Lowell House Music Society presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro tomorrow night and Sunday night in the Lowell House Dining Hall. Benjamin Loeb '89 conducts this unusual performance in which the orchestra is sequestered behind the stage, and the actors are directed via closed circuit television. Tickets are limited. Call 498-2987 for information...
...first faculty lecture, given by Robert M. Coles '50, professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities, drew a capacity crowd that filled Science Center B and overflowed into Science Center A, where audience members viewed the lecture on closed circuit TV. Coles, who spoke on the "Moral Energy of Young People," drew a standing ovation for his talk...
...performance on the chess circuit, Deep Thought has won the prestigious Fredkin Intermediate Prize for Computer Chess, a $10,000 award set up for the first computer to achieve a grand-master rating. The machine, designed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, now has 2,551 points on the U.S. Chess Federation scale, making it one of the top 40 players in the U.S. and putting it within sight of world champion Gary Kasparov, who is rated at about...
...critics also fail to mention that they themselves often make the rounds on the talk show circuit. Broder, who supported the legislators in their attempt to get a raise, is frequently heard on The Larry King Show. While the pay-raise controversy raged, legislators could also be heard on the shows they later condemned...