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Bumpers, 48, scarcely represents a radical alternative to 68-year-old Fulbright. Both are moderate progressives in a Southern context. An adroit, crowd-pleasing campaigner, Bumpers exploed into Arkansas politics by running against Republican Governor Winthrop Rockefeller in 1970 and burying him in a landslide. In the statehouse, the former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: A Traveler's Perils | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

Crimson captain and epee man Eugene White pointed out that the win over Penn less than 24 hours after the tension-filled triumph over Columbia gave a big boost to Harvard's title stock. "It was really emotionally draining to go on four and one-half hours against Columbia and...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Crush Quakers, Clinch Share of Ivy Title | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

As expected, Yale took over and won six of the next eight matches. At 167, Harvard's Bruce Johnson copped a pleasing victory over Yale's Jamie McEwen, who defeated Johnson when the two grapplers met last year.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Grapplers Fall to Elis, 26-13, In League Match | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

By gathering power into his own hands, Suharto temporarily resolved several of his political woes. His disbanding of the Aspri was a crowd-pleasing response to student protests that his aides were corrupt. But the villains of Suharto's wayang are not mere puppets. Each of the four wily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Suharto's Puppet Show | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

The best and most genuine pieces in the show are the small drawings, perhaps because they don't try to serve any purpose beyond pleasing the eye. The taut elegance of Sadiqi Bek's Lion Tamer and the grace of Riza's A Young Man in a Blue Cloak prove...

Author: By Mary Scott, | Title: Art of the Mirage | 1/25/1974 | See Source »

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