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...generous for a moment. Grant Lumet and Screenwriter E.L. Doctorow (whose novel, The Book of Daniel, the film follows closely) creative license and a clean slate. Daniel is, after all, the story not only of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, but also of their children Daniel and Susan and their attempts to understand and revive what the film's press notes describe as the Isaacsons' "dream of social justice...
When the question finally came to a vote, the councilors split along customary partisan lines. The four members of the Independent slate--considered the city's conservative faction--voted no. They were Daniel Clinton. Thomas Danehy. Leonard Russell, and Walter J. Sullivan Three Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) members--Francis H. Duehay '55. Saundra Graham, and Wylie--joined the unaffiliated Vellucci in voting yes David Sullivan, the fourth (CCA) member, did not participate in the vote, saying that his position with the state election commission placed him in a conflict of interest...
Most damaging of all is changing sexual mores. Way Back When-any time before the sexual revolution of the '60s and '70s-drive-ins were "the only place to go for some privacy," recalls Manhattanite Vicki Slate, 40. "We certainly couldn't go to his house or my house. Our parents would have killed us!" According to the quaint ritual of the time, families would park in the front rows, teen-agers who were just dating would take up the middle rows, and those who were bent on serious petting would head for the darker areas...
...term member, and Glenn Koocher '71, a five-term member, did not meet those guidelines. CCA members cited specific disagreements, such as the duo's support for the school superintendent, as reasons for the dumping. Koocher insists that the change was motivated by personal antagonisms toward him. Attacking the slate that cut him. Koocher--who did not attend the Wednesday evening affair--yesterday said that "I do feel that not having the CCA endorsement frees us up to exert greater intellectual independence. My own goals and objectives have not changed...
...teachers were selected by a committee of faculty members and past winners, who drew them from a slate submitted by undergraduates in the prestigious honor society...