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...from the direct, all-at-once confrontation of most American sculpture. There is no way of seeing Mrs. N's Palace as a whole. It dis closes itself in time, and each passage of shapes is apt to erase and replace one's memory of its predecessor. In short, it aspires - to employ that gnomic phrase of Walter Pater's - toward the condition of music, the serial art par excellence...
...year's end to take over bigger (340,000 students) State University of New York; successor must build up small ($ 12 million) endowment, raise money to establish new law and dentistry schools and attract more renowned senior faculty. Political acumen helpful in dealing with elected trustees. Salary negotiable; predecessor went from $47,500 to $65,000. Charming but small home in center of warm, friendly campus; car with driver. Apply Michigan State...
QUIET, PALM-SHADED UNIVERSITY in Southern California with $90 million budget and more than 30,000 students devoted to academics and outdoor recreation needs new leader w/achieved academic excellence and interest in town-gown harmony. Experience in running state institutions helpful; Predecessor Brage Golding was capable administrator but fought ceaselessly with divided 23-member trustee board (half appointed by Governor Jerry Brown, half by former Governor Ronald Reagan); Golding fled to Kent State, attributing fondness for Ohio to fact that "the state legislature there meets only once every two years." Salary: $41,000 to $55,000. Use of state...
...Ansley came in to lead the team to a 44-14 win), Texas last week remained atop the college polls with the only undefeated record among the football powers. The No. 1 ranking has enabled Coach Fred Akers to emerge early from the long shadow of his legendary predecessor, Darrell Royal. It has also vindicated members of the university athletic commission who disregarded a Royal choice and picked Akers instead. Actually, they had good reason for their decision. Akers had prepped as a Royal assistant before moving into the head coaching job at Wyoming in 1975. In two years...
...Soviet Union, the T-72 has a 115-mm. gun with an infra-red and laser range-finding system for accurate fire through fog or at night. Because the gun is loaded automatically, the tank requires a crew of only three; crews of four are required by its predecessor, the 37½-ton T-62, as well as by the tanks of NATO nations, including the 58-ton American M60. Top speed of the T-72 is 43 m.p.h. on level ground. Some Western armor experts fear the T-72 may be able to outperform laser-equipped tanks, such...