Tennis as a mirror of modern life in 1977
A critical meditation on tennis as more than a game. Psychiatrists claim most players treat tennis as life, not sport, while humorists exaggerate for satire. The piece notes fans, professionals, and cultural attitudes, urging responsibility in pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Berne
Scribner’s
Sidney H. Cath
Alvin Kahn
Nathan Cobb
Deuce
Sultan of Swat
Mead
Nastase
John Updike
Offshore Boundaries Test Ocean Rights Between Nations
Otis Air Force Base discusses shifting diplomacy from etiquette to tough economic disputes over ocean resources. A 200 mile safety belt around land borders creates a tangle in U S Canada talks. A straight line from the land would slice Georges Bank fishing grounds and affect Nova Scotia and Cape Cod waters, prompting debate on how to draw the offshore boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
United States
Canada
Georges Bank
Nova Scotia
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Massachusetts
New Diplomacy On The Sea Shows Britain Canada US Pact
At Otis Air Force Base a Coast Guard Albatross flies the disputed North American fishing grounds as Ambassador Cutler previews talks with Canada. The 200 mile zone, a gentlemen’s agreement through 1977, signals a shift toward professional outsiders handling complex trade and resource issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
Prairie States
United States
Canada
Carter Administration
Otis
Coast Guard Grumman Albatross
Cutler
Coast Guard
Looking Back: Local notes and 25 years ago events
William N Holt conducts sun experiments with a thermometer rising from 98 to 128 causing a glass tube to burst. Notables include Otto Luening and Elizabeth McCullough. 25 years ago in 1952 police investigate a garage breakage with cash and checks. A Pittsfield Eagles Band concert, village crosswalk painting, Pearl Buck event plans, and school principal appointments are noted along with skeet championship wins and summer reading program close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Holt
Union Street
Otto Luening
Bennington College
Con Anderson
Elizabeth McCullough
Robert D. Leigh
Stanley Cummings
J. Gordon Wilson
Jennie Valentine
William Scott
Arthur Holden
Helen Shea
East Main Street
Drysdale
Arlington
J. Patrick Keough
Bennington
G. Spencer Lee
Main Street
Whitney’s
Gulf Service
Pittsfield Eagles
Alphonse Pelletier
Pearl Buck
Mau
Bradford Smith
Miss Buck
New York
Ralph Bevis
Fritz Tolle
Mike Lewis
Pownal
Arsene Nadeau
Brattleboro
Sociobiology to unify political science and social fields
Harvard physicist Gerald Holton predicts all major social sciences including political science law economics psychology psychiatry and anthropology will become branches of sociobiology. This reflects an interdisciplinary view tying human behavior to biological foundations.
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By Melvin Maddocks
Shepherd Mead
America
McKay
Christian Science Publishing Society
Panama
Boston
Otis Air Force Base
North America
Washington
Ottawa
Carter
Marcel Cadieux
Wshington
Europe
Atlantic
William Macomber
Heaven
Earth
Sol Linowitz
Clark Clifford
Cyprus
Gerard Smith
Cy Vance
China
Middle East
JeSs
Newport Rutlan
Phyllis R. Fenner
Manchester
Bennington Free Library
Fenner
Gerald Holton
Harvard University
Souther
Vermont
Molly Stark
Bennington Monum Bennington
DAP Caulking
Greenberg
MoonGat
MoorGard
Moore's
Brillant
Lt Bla
Hoonguo
Clea
Benn
No. Adams
H. Greenberg “Son
Curran
North Adams
Mass
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