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...first symptom is a slight trembling of the shoulders. Then comes a weakness in the legs, then a sweating of the palms. Chills, fever, even nausea sometimes follow. Some victims regularly employ mild doses of alcohol for temporary relief. The more imaginative resort to yoga and hypnosis. Whatever the antidote, the common malady known as stage fright is accepted far and wide as a natural part of the performing experience...
...neither the Dean nor Wilcox bit the bait, and Union strength continued to dwindle. Then, almost as a last resort, a proposal advanced by a minority faction within the Steering Committee was accepted. Disturbed at the militance of graduate students, liberal Faculty members last May had proposed at a faculty meeting that the STS be retained. The substantive parts of the motion, introduced by Stanley Cavell, Cabot Professor of Aesthetics, and Everett I. Mendelsohn, professor of the History of Science, were roundly defeated, but the Faculty did vote to establish a student-Faculty Commission on Graduate Education to investigate...
Died. Jennie Grossinger, 80, owner and reigning hostess of a vast Catskill Mountain resort 100 miles northwest of New York City; of a stroke; in Grossinger, N.Y. From guests to cuisine, Grossinger's has always been predominantly Jewish, but the nearly 150,000 people who take advantage of its lavish hospitality every year are an ecumenical crew. Its style might be called Borscht Belt Baroque-rich food served copiously, big name entertainment, luxurious facilities that encouraged year-round patronage. Jennie and Husband Harry, who died in 1964, built Grossinger's from a tidy family boardinghouse into...
...gossip linking Jordan's monarch to Miss Toukan. Moreover, since the lady in question is only about 20, any relationship the King had with her during his school days must have been decidedly avuncular. The rumors began six weeks ago after a water-skiing show at the resort town of Aqaba, where Miss Toukan acted as a Royal Jordanian Airlines hostess and Hussein, towed by helicopter, did a water-ski performance...
While the team is in contention for the Championship, the Harvard University Band is having one of its worst seasons in recent history. The innovative talent is so dreary that it has had to resort to a re-run. This weekend, while fans can look forward to a new show, the Harvard Club of New York has had to cancel the traditional Band concert due to financial difficulties...