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Another former student of Williams', Roger D. Milkman '51, professor of zoology at the University of Iowa, came to work for Williams as a junior at the advice of another professor. He wrote his thesis under Williams, and after dropping out of Med School, joined Williams for graduate work. But Milkman found that his true calling led him away from entomology to genetics and he finished his research with another biologist. All the same, Milkman said he learned a "tremendous amount of biology" from Williams, whom he "regard as one of the greatest influences of my life...
...Milkman returned to Harvard in 1966 to spend a sabbatical with Williams, who he says, "has a real feel for organisms at every level of understanding," as well as a "marvelous way of expressing himself." In 1980 at the symposium. Milkman at his session said that Foris Kafatos, professor of Biology, presented a brilliant paper in which he went beyond the time limit. When Kafatos asked Milkman how much longer he could go on. Milkman replied in a completely serious tone, "forever." Williams, overhearing his reply, said in a much louder voice. "Yes, boy, forever." Milkman said Williams was "eating...
...police after hours since the curfew was imposed in mid-January in an attempt to control El Salvador's guerrilla war. Most of the victims, according to the Human Rights Commission in San Salvador, were not dangerous insurgents but innocent civilians: some mentally retarded, aimless drunks, a milkman in Santa Ana who started his morning rounds too early. Nevertheless, military and security forces are enthusiastic about being able to deny the hours of darkness to the guerrillas, and thus to uncover arms caches by observing suspicious nighttime activity. "It is fantastic," said a police major. "We should have instituted...
Melvin and Howard concerns a polyester-age noble savage fighting to survive in an unfriendly world. Melvin battles for the title "Milkman of the Month," not so much for the first prize, a color television, but for the recognition. When confronted with a last-minute obstacle to his victory in the contest, he says in protest, "I'm a darn good driver." The moment has a peculiar poignancy; Melvin's hurt is genuine...
...easy to blend social comedy with slapstick, especially when the emphasis is on the latter. Farce is a precision instrument: the cuckolded husband must negotiate a labyrinth of plot twists before he opens his bedroom door at the split second his lovely young wife adjusts her peignoir and the milkman defenestrates himself. Farce demands ingenuity, grace and discipline - qualities in short supply on network TV. Occasionally those magic imps Penny Marshall (Laverne) and Cindy Williams (Shir ley) bring it off. Now Chris Thompson and Joel Zwick, two veterans of L & S, have devised Bosom Buddies (ABC, Thursdays...