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...second, it is clear that Bok is not willing to out on a limb in this case, perhaps because it involves the question of the academic merit of sociobiology...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: A Little Academic Gambling | 4/23/1977 | See Source »

...Buddy Tate brought in his alto sax and Warren Vache his trumpet, the audience was flowing with the beat. The last two fleshed out the beat and sailed it out into the hall. The sextet did not trifle with its tunes. Each man handled his instrument like a fifth limb and together they wove the beat into a spell. But the show was still Benny Goodman's, and they called intermission early to bring him on for the second part...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: A Spell of Style | 3/22/1977 | See Source »

...dialogue, Passing Strangers, the original musical opening at Adams House this weekend, can find humor in the most serious situations. When Todd, a drifter, meets Lynette, a woman looking for more than another one night stand, she tells him that she's "really going out on a limb with you." Isn't that a little condescending? Todd asks. "It's a lot condescending. I am a lot condescending. But I promise to keep my mouth shut in bed." Lynette says. "I wouldn't want that," Todd answers "Well," she retorts, "at least I won't talk...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: STAGE | 3/17/1977 | See Source »

...bottom line, simply, is that it's Harvard's turn to win. Because it's B.U. in the Beanpot finals, and who cares about being a homer and sticking your neck out on a limb. For at least a night, it's worth it. Harvard 5, B.U. 3, with an empty net goal by Bill Hozack clinching things once...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Harvard-B.U.: No Love Lost | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...victim" rather than the "manipulator." Thus, "the game of nations interests Cavafy primarily because of what it reveals about basic, perennial attitudes or emotions and only secondarily because of what it reveals about the historical process..." Keeley explains. History serves a "metaphoric function," and it becomes one limb of Cavafy's poetic organism...

Author: By Marilyn L. Booth, | Title: Discovering A Myth-Maker | 2/8/1977 | See Source »

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