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Last week in Addis Ababa, representatives of O.A.U.'s 41 member states held their tenth anniversary summit meeting. Only 23 of the 41 heads of state appeared-a disappointing turnout in light of earlier predictions that at least 35 would show. The city itself was spruced up as never before: flags snapped from street lamps, portraits of heads of state were posted in public squares, intricate displays of colored lights sparkled nearly everywhere. Unfortunately, the bright welcoming facade presented by Ethiopia's imperial host did little to disguise O.A.U.'s persistent problems, which are remarkably similar...
...skeletal mob of concentration-camp prisoners shuffle wearily across the stage. As the orchestra surges to the brass-driven climax of the adagio from Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony, naked fluorescent lights flash down from the ceiling, garishly illuminating the entire theater. Slowly the prisoners turn away from the audience toward a distant, fiery orange backdrop.Slowly they doff the blankets that cover t heir bodies; on their backs are stenciled stark black numerals...
...alleging that Smith, Westgate President Philip A. Toft, Michael J. Coen, a former Westgage director, and several corporate defendants had systematically looted the conglomerate of some $100 million in assets. In a separate action, the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency moved against the U.S. National Bank, California's tenth largest (assets: $1 billion), on charges that the bank had lent more than the legally permissible 10% of its capital to Smith's various enterprises. Only a week before, Smith had resigned as the bank's chairman...
Close on the heels of its tenth anniversary exhibits, Carpenter Center has mounted a show of the year's student work comprising thesis projects in painting, sculpture, photography, and "things we can't even describe," as the poster says. I'm not sure what those undescribables are, but the photography on the main show floor seems to be the most attractive item of the exhibit. John Getsinger has assembled a set of photographs of people in Lowell, along with quotations from the individuals, an explanation of how the photographer came to meet them, and description of their relationships to each...
...team Harvard came in tenth with a total of 14 points. Navy won the 1973 IC4A title with 41 points, followed by Maryland and Penn State which tied for second...