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...strike took a personal tool as well--Ford suffered a stroke in late April, and was temporarily replaced; Glimp left Harvard that September and did not return until this year; and Pusey left Harvard in 1971, a year before he would normally have been required to retire. With Pusey's retirement and his replacement by Derek C. Bok, former dean of the Law School, the University began to build a new governing structure--a more bureaucratized system, one of dispersed power, with less emphasis on the "one-man show" that Pusey had run for more than a decade...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Rites of Spring | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

DIED. Ugo La Malfa, 75, newly named Deputy Premier of Italy and venerated leader of his country's small but influential Republican Party; of a stroke; in Rome. Active in the anti-Fascist resistance during World War II, the Sicilian-born La Malfa established himself as a champion of lean, efficient government and unfettered private enterprise while serving in seven governments and every parliament since 1946. Sometimes called the Ugocentric for his strong individuality, he was also nicknamed Cassandra for his pessimism. But he was perhaps best known as the Conscience of Italy for his personal integrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 9, 1979 | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...victorious J.V. boat (cox-Ellen Chaffin, stroke-Liz Siderides, 7-Sarah Gallup, 6-Ellen Roy, 5-Cathy Vance, 4-Kate Heller, 3-Allison Herron, 2-Noreen Hughes, bow-Sarah Boxer) raced although they failed to make weight. Two women were over the 130-lb, maximum and the boat average was higher than the allowed 125 lbs. Both the other two squads qualified easily...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: 'Cliffe Lights Sink Williams | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...stroke Liz Siderides was not impressed with her boat's upset of the varsity. "This kind of thing happens every year," she said. "Last year the third boat beat the J.V. in the first race of the season, but it never happened again. All that's important is that both boats beat Williams our most difficult competition of the year...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: 'Cliffe Lights Sink Williams | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...laconic Parker may have painted too desolate a picture. Senior captain and Porcellian prexy Gordie Gardiner, returning to the stroke position after a year at number two, and other third-year men Warren Perkins, at number two, and Paul Templeton at the bow, should provide a sound nucleus for the Harvard eight...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies To Open Season In San Diego | 4/7/1979 | See Source »

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