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...Dean of Something." See what I mean? Beefheart is a much-maligned genius: an advertisement he filmed for his new album Lick My Decals Off, Baby, was refused TV airtime because it was "obscene." (It consisted of a cigarette flipping through the air in slow motion, Rockette Morton walking across the screen with a sack over his head working a hand eggbeater, Beefheart kicking over a can of white paint in slow motion, and a shot of the record cover.) The refusal was less moral, entertaining, and enlightening than any toothpaste, shaving cream, laundry detergent, hair spray or feminine deodorant...
...Morton W. Bloomfield, chairman of the department, said that other curriculum changes include several middle group Shakespeare courses in addition to English...
...interception. Dallas responded by losing 23 yds. on three plays and then punting. Colt Safety Ron Gardin hovered under the kick and then bolted off-leaving the ball behind for Dallas to recover on the Baltimore 9-yd. line. The Cowboys, more or less led by Quarterback Craig Morton, went nowhere and had to settle for a field goal. Minutes later, Morton connected on a long pass play that moved the ball to the Colt 6-yd. line. Incredibly, Morton then managed to draw a rare 15-yd. penalty for intentionally grounding the ball, and Dallas again settled...
...latest choice for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee; he is expected to be confirmed this week. At least two other men, Bryce Harlow and Donald Rumsfeld, had declined the position since late November, when Nixon announced that he would appoint the present chairman, Maryland Congressman Rogers Morton, as Secretary of the Interior...
Dole's role thus will be that of a party spokesman rather than an organizer. Articulate and sometimes abrasive (TIME, July 6, 1970), Dole is expected to be rougher and sharper than the amiable and widely admired Morton. The difference, observed one White House aide, is that "Rog is a big old St. Bernard, while Dole is a hungry Doberman pinscher." One leading Republican offers an intriguing rationale for the switch: Morton was never as partisan as Nixon wanted, so Vice President Spiro Agnew took up the hatchet duties. Now Dole will eagerly perform them, while an attempt...