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...Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas and a Rhodes scholar, Morris has long breathed the breezes of freewheeling dissent that blow through Austin. For two years, he edited the controversial Texas Observer, which startled and infuriated many Texans with its outspoken views on almost any topic. Joining Morris on the staff will be two new contributing editors: David Halberstam, 33, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, and Larry King, 38, a freelancer who has written extensively for Harper's. Managing Editor Russell Lynes is being replaced by Senior Editor Robert Kotlowitz, 42. Like Fischer...
...great rehearsal continued after the war at the University of Nebraska. Johnny majored in English, Speech and Alpha Phi girls when he wasn't off broadcasting for the local radio station or working magic on the service-club circuit. He was strictly an average student and strictly show business. He played Cleopatra in a fraternity spectacular called She Was Only a Pharaoh's Daughter, But She Never Became a Mummy. His senior thesis, titled Comedy Writing, was not in manuscript but on tape. Its quotes and footnotes contained excerpts from Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly...
...Phi Beta Kappa has elected this year's Radcliffe Junior Eight. They are: arbara A. Brown '68 of Henry House and Short Hills, N.J., History and Literature; Lucy M. Candib '68 of Cabot Hall and Danby, Vt., History and Science; Lesley S. Claff '68 of Eliot Hall and Newtonville, History and Literature; Ruth N. Dart '68 of Holmes Hall and Claremont, Calif., History and Literature...
...Phi Beta Kappa has elected this year's Junior Eight. They are Gerald B. Folland '68 of Leverett House and Salt Lake City, Utah, mathematics; Jonathan R. Grandine '68 of Eliot House and Wellesley Hills, English; Geoffrey M. Greenfield '68 of Dunster House and Beverly Hills Cal., biochemistry, David R. Haynor '68 of Lowell House and EI Cerito, Cal., mathematics; Peter Ravn-Hansen '68 of Adams House and Hillsdale, N.J., social studies; Kenneth W. Wachter '68 of Quincy House and Westfield, N.J., history and literature; Charles A. Weber '68 of Dudley House and Bethesda, Md., Far Eastern languages; and Stephen...
...caused many Thai soldiers initially to drop their rifles in fright. But there is more to the Green Beret village than shooting. The Thais learn the guerrilla's subtleties: an escape tunnel beneath the village huts, a cache of arms buried under the little shrine of a phi spirit house, which all but Thai Communists might consider sacrosanct. The Thais value their tough training all the more because each graduating company is immediately sent into the northeast to meet the real foe face to face...