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...romantic pursuit of a beautiful young woman who has been imprisoned by a jealous old fool. You guessed it--the woman is Agnes and the old fool is M. de la Souche. The plot revolves around Arnolphe's frantic attempts to keep the persistent Horace away from his ward--a task made easier by the fact that the naive young woman tells him of Horace's plans...

Author: By Max Gould, | Title: Muddling Moliere | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

While awaiting the coming of spring, the golfer has to ward off his malaise with appropriate diversions. One of the most popular means to avoid the doldrums during the long winter months is to play "ice golf." Every year over two hundred golfers take part in the Chili Open Golf Classic that is played in Akron, Ohio in the dead of winter...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The First Swing of Spring | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

Within the White House they are counting heavily on what National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski calls "the contagion of peace." If in these first shaky months, the new treaty takes hold and appears to be working for both nations, they may relax and be even more giving to ward each other. Better yet, the other Arab nations may, how ever reluctantly, decide to join the process. There is no question that Jimmy Carter's hand will be required from time to time; though not, he hopes, in the manner of Camp David or for shuttle diplomacy. But in extremis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: In Celebration of Peace | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...published his first book, a landmark study of birds; at 22, he climbed the Matterhorn and shocked society by joining a New York City political club dominated by working-class Irishmen. The ward heelers did not know what to make of this nattily dressed dude with a high-pitched twang and, as a reporter noted, a "wealth of mouth." For Teddy, it was just another challenge: he wanted to find out "whether I really was too weak to hold my own in the rough and tumble." Elected to the state assembly, he joined the good-government movement and started assailing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rough Riding from Black Care | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

GOALS: Harvard--Faught 5, Predun 3, Ward 2, Egasti 1, N. Forbush 1, Wigglesworth 1. Middlebury--Heffernan 2, Nichols 1, Erdman 1. ASSISTS: Harvard-N Forbush 4, Nelson 2, Predun 2, Faught 1, Fee 1, Trusty 1, Wigglesworth 1. Middlebury--Gifford 2, Manning...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Laxmen Top Middlebury, 13-4 | 4/5/1979 | See Source »

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