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...school committee race, incumbents Sara Mae Berman, Glenn S. Koocher '71, Alice Wolf and challenger Charles Pierce '75 best understand Cambridge's needs and the complexity of educational issues. Koocher and Pierce are probably the most dependent on the student vote...
Alice K. Wolf and Sara Mae Berman are particularly concerned with equal opportunity for all subgroups of students. Wolf, who is currently studying at the Kennedy School of Government, finished first in the 1975 Committee election. Berman, a former record-holder in the Boston marathon, is working especially hard to improve women's athletics in the schools...
...feared agent of the universe's counterweight to the Gowachin order, the Bureau of Sabotage, a cross between the CIA and the Texas Rangers. McKie, in a previous book, gained the power to communicate with the Calibens who, in actuality, are the stars. His special Caliben protector is Fannie Mae...
...spends too much time detailing individual maneuverings and fails to create a convincing atmosphere of intrigue and mysticism. There are religious fanatics, homosexual kamikaze warriors, and Fannie Mae, but Herbert does so little with them. Too often he leaves the reader teased with his imagination but unfulfilled with his writing. Dune is a book that pleased all, from fantasy freaks to History and Lit majors, but Dosadi is only for the most dedicated sci-fi readers...
Though gone from the papers, many of Capp's creations will live on. Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae long ago slipped into American language and folklore, together with the other denizens of Capp's hillbilly heaven, where Mammy Yokum defended her ragtag family and shaky log cabin against the likes of zoot-suited Evil-Eye Fleegle and his triple whammy. Joe Btfsplk and his perpetual cloud rained down bad luck on almost everyone, and the unluckiest ended up in the hands of Freddie the undertaker. The shmoos rolled over dead and oven ready for hungry hoomins...