By Niraj S. DesaiThe Office of the Dean for Student Affairs as-

signed new housemasters to two dormitories whichhave traditionally had difficulty attracting fresh-men. Professor James T. Higginbotham and hiswife, Nancy L. Roberts, will live at Senior House,while Professor William H. Orme-Johnson and hiswife, Carol, will be at Bexley Hall.

Senior House residents "pride themselves on be-ing distinctive," Higginbotham noted. He saw thisas being an asset, saying he has been impressed bytheir self-reliance and ability to work out problemson their own.

At the same time, Higginbotham acknowledgedthat Senior House had had problems recruiting resi-dents in the past. But he believed house residentshad taken steps to improve this year's rush.

As an example, he noted that rush events thatmight put off some students in past years - such asthe activities of Hare Krishnas - had beendownplayed.

Last spring there was some controversy aboutshowing pornographic films at Senior House's an-nual Steer Roast during Spring Weekend. Whilethat might still be an issue, Higginbotham ex-pressed confidence that house residents could workit and any other problems in-house and equitably."It is important that everyone has a voice," he said.

Higginbotham came to MIT in 1980 as a visitingprofessor and is now a full professor of philosophy.He has been undergraduate advisor for majors in

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Although MIT's return to var-sity intercollegiate football maynot worry the University of Mi-ami, or even Division III powerHofstra University, it's been ma-jor news in the sports sections of

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In the 1880s, MIT was one ofthe nation's major intercollegiatepowers. Playing the then-top

SDorow assumes postas new ILG advisor

By Niraj S. DesaiThe Office of the Dean of Student Affairs has appointed Neal

Dorow as the new advisor to fraternities and independent livinggroups - a position that had been vacant for more than a year.

The ILG advisor works out of the ODSA, and handles the mechan-ics of fire and lodging licenses and inspections, insurance, legal andfinancial advice, community relations, and interface with MIT.

Dorow comes to MIT from the University of Oregon, where he hadbeen fraternity advisor for three years.

A member of Theta Delta Chi while an undergraduate at the Uni-versity of California-Berkeley, Dorow served TDC for several years,including a stint as national president in 1983-84.

Since coming to MIT, "I have been impressed with the student lead-ers, both in the IFC [lnterFraternity Conference] system and at MIT,"Dorow said.

One major problem currently facing the iFC - which is dominatedby all-male fraternities - is the increasing number of women studentsat MIT. As a result of that demographic trend, all-male fraternitieshave found themselves being forced to recruit a very high percentageof the male students. Indeed, some observers have suggested that sev-eral all-male fraternities might have to go coed in order to survive.

Dorow was not sure of how likely that solution is, but he did be-lieve that providing women with more opportunities in the ILG systemwould be positive. Finding housing for sororities could be one step, hesuggested.

Professor Robert S. Kennedy '59, chairman of a committee studyingthe ILG system, has reported that fraternities have traditionally reliedon white males for their membership. Kennedy suggested that part ofthe demographic problem all-male fraternities face could be alleviatedif they broadened their appeal to minority students.

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State enacts retroactivetax on RA's, fellowshuips

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:,/ If;~if g'['¢ financial news on two fronts re-cently: Massachusetts imposed a

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The new state tax has causedparticular consternation because

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B exey Hall. n te ew tive to the first of the year. That'sthe part that really hurts," said

storied football traditionschools such as Harvard, Dart-mouth, Stevens, Brown, and Am-herst, the "Techmen" were cham-pions of the NortheasternIntercollegiate Football Associa-tion in 1887 and 1888.

In the 1890s, Princeton, theUniversity of Pennsylvania, Yale,and Bowdoin College joined theleague, as the forerunner of to-day's Ivy League took shape.MIT's fortunes began to wane, as

several years' schedules were can-celled due to a lack of studentinterest.

In 1900, Henry S. Pritchettwas appointed president of MIT.Pritchett disliked football, an un-derstandable opinion in a timewhen serious injuries and deathswere not uncommon. Despitethis, the '00 football season be-gan on a positive note, whenPritchett visited a football prac-tice and praised the team for its"clean play." The team had anup-and-down season, losing onlyone of its first six games but fin-ishing what would be their lastfull season with a 4-3-2 record.

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Frank E. Perkins, dean of theGraduate School, in Tech Talk.

"Our graduate RA's and fel-lowship recipients have been ac-cruing a state tax liabilitythroughout the year without be-ing aware of it, and presumablywithout making any provision forit," Perkins said.

All 2700 graduate studentswho work as research assistantswill be affected by the new taxlaw. But only those fellowship re-cipients who are Massachusettsresidents will have to pay the tax.

Research assistants will betaxed on the stipends they re-ceive. Fellows will be taxed onany money they receive that ex-ceeds tuition, fees, and course-re-quired expenses.

Withholding for research assis-tants will begin in September,Perkins said.

The state law was changed toconform with the Federal Tax Re-form Act of 1986.

Some students missIRS deadline

The IRS decided earlier thisyear to reimburse students forfederal taxes they paid for theyears 1984 and 1985 on researchand teaching stipends. It also de-cided to grant abatements to stu-dents who had been audited forfailing to pay taxes on thosestipends.

There is a filing deadline ofthree years to claim a refundfrom the IRS. The deadline fortaxes paid on 1984 stipends wasApril 15, 1988. However, the IRSdid not issue a press release tell-ing former graduate students thatthey were eligible for refunds un-til March 30.

IRS officials maintained thattwo weeks was sufficient time forstudents to hear about and claimrefunds. "There was lots of no-tice for students," an- IRSspokesman told The Chronide ofHigher Education.

But some students and gradu-ate school officials thought the

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(Continued from page 1)the Department of Linguisticsand Philosophy for several years.Higginbotham also served as afreshman advisor for four years.

Roberts is assistant to the jour-nals manager at the MIT Press.

Higginbotham said he acceptedthe position because it soundedinteresting and was attractive interms of compensation andhousing.

ceived numerous complaintsfrom students regarding harass-ment during R/O week. Somefreshman had claimed they weredenied tours or told they did notfit in with the "Bexley tradition,"Tewhey said at the time.

While it is too early to tell howthis year's rush has gone, CarolOrme-Johnson foresaw a "muchhappier experience" with theODSA and rush. So far, theOrme-Johnsons have received nociu.plai,1nt.·

Though the Orme-Johnsonswere appointed by Dean for Stu-dent Affairs Shirley M. McBay,"they didn't tell us what we hadto do at all. No one is layingdown the law," Carol Orme-Johnson said.

Moreover, Orme-Johnson citedBexley's distinctiveness as one ofthe things that attracted her andher husband to Bexley. The facthouse residents are "individual-ists" is very appealing, she said.

The Orme-Johnsons have threechildren: Dolly, three years old;Bunny, one year old; and Mag-gie, one year old. They also havea nanny.

Orme-Johnson saw no diffi-cultly in raising three small chil-dren in a college dormitory. In

Orme-Johnsons come to Bexley

Bexley - which has a reputa-tion for individualism and theoff-beat -has also been under-subscribed by freshmen in recentyears, and has had problems withthe Office of the Dean forStudent Affairs over rush.

Associate Dean for StudentAffairs James R. Tewhey saidlast term that his office had re-

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Mark D. Virtue/The TechDolly Orme-Johnson (right) and a friendKresge Oval. Carol Orme-Johnson

fact, she believed the contactwith students would be good forthe children, providing them witha familial atmosphere.

William Orme-Johnson hasbeen with MIT's chemistry de-partment since 1979. He has alsobeen a freshman advisor forseveral years.

Carol Orme-Johnson is direc-tor of development at City Mis-sion Society, a Boston socialservice agency.

Orme-Johnson looked forwardto the student contact, and livingright on campus in the center ofthings.

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have to "recognize the diversity"of the student body at MIT. Hethought they were moving in thatdirection.

Dorow maintained that in-volvement in fraternities and so-rorities was on the upswingnationwide.

Long delay in findingnew ILG advisor

When Dorow's predecessor,Mark E. Ertel, left in July 1987,the ODSA had no immediate re-placement. Last spring, theODSA hired Virginia Sorensonand Steven P. Margossian '88 tohandle fraternity affairs on apart-time basis.

Some representatives of the In-terFraternity Conference and theAlumni-IFC expressed concern atthe time that the absence of afraternity advisor was hurting theILG system. "Without these ser-vices [that the advisor performs],the ILG system is disjointed,"said then-IFC Chairman Paul W.Parfomak '88 in March.

Moreover, Stephen C. Stuntz'67, AIFC chairman, was unsureof what the long delay in findinga replacement for Ertel meant."While we do not doubt that theODSA has tried to find someone

. . .we are forced to question thepriority placed upon thevacancy," he said last March.

Representatives of the ODSA,however, said the delay was most-ly a result of the timing of Ertel'sdeparture. "The best time to ad-vertise for a position like IFC ad-

visor is in the spring," AndrewM. Eisenmann '75, who was thenwith the ODSA, said at the time.

Dorow, who assumed his posi-tion two weeks ago, said he hadseen nothing that would causehim to doubt MIT's commitmentto the fraternity system.

(Continued from page 1)IRS had not given them suffi-cient notification. Many studentsfound out they could receive re-funds on their 1984 taxes only af-ter the deadline had passed. "I'mconcerned that there was not agood-faith effort on the part ofthe IRS to inform employers sowe in turn could provide infor-mation to our students. [Thedeadline] was a well-kept secret,"a UCLA official said in the

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Strikes probable in PolandA senior Solidarity advisor said "it is certain" more

strikes will occur in Poland if talks with the governmentfail to legalize the labor federation. Union officials saidthere is no word yet when the talks will take place. Thelast of Poland's latest rash of strikes ended Saturday, afterSolidarity leader Lech Walesa promised the governmentwould discuss the future of Solidarity.

Gadhafi foresees betterrelations with United States

Libyan leader hMoammar Gadhafi said he expects rela-tions with Washington to improve under the next adminis-tration. And in an interview, Gadhafi said he would liketo visit the United States. Gadhafi said Americans whobelieve President Reagan's charge that he sponsorsterrorism are "very simple people, ignorant people."

Burmese students threatento continue protests

Students in Burma are threatening mass protests andfurther strikes unless an interim government is formed tosupervise multi-party elections. The Students' Action Su-pervision Committee told reporters their demands mustbe met by Wednesday night or protests will follow onThursday. For wveeks, the government has been crippled bystrikes and demonstrations aimed at ending 26 years ofone-party rule.

Fire breaks out at Soviet nuclear plantThe Soviet news agency Tass reported that fire broke

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The blaze began in a control cable of the second reactorof the Ignaline power plant in Lithuania. The chief dis-patcher of the Soviet Atomic Power Ministry said that thereactor's automatic safety systems kicked in and extin-guished the flames by the time firefighters had arrived onthe scene. The reactor, one of two at the plant, was shutdown after the accident. The official said they decided toinform the public at once because of the heightened inter-est in reactor operations in the wake of the Chernobyldisaster.

Vincennes to stay in GulfUS military sources say the USS Vincennes is staying in

the Persian Gulf region for possibly another five days.The cruiser was reportedly on its way home Sunday, butsources say at least one Arab government raised last-min-ute objections to its departure. When it does pull out, itwill mark the first US military cutback in the region sincethe Iran-Iraq ceasefire went into effect last month.

Anti-abortionlists boo Dukcakis in PhillyGov. Michael S. Dukakis celebrated the traditional La-

US. Day kickohll tG the presidnitiali race with ai appear-

ance in a working class neighborhood of Philadelphia.But it was a bad start for the Dukakis campaign -plagued by a balky public address system and vocal anti-abortion demonstrators. Dukakis charged that "the richhave gotten richer" during the Reagan years, and askedhis audience if they can stand four more years of povertyamong the working class.

Bentsen, Jackson attack BushDemocratic vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen

was back on the campaign trail after a week-long vaca-tion. Bentsen started the day in Waco, TX, where he ac-cused Bush of neglecting the needs of Texas and the oilindustry he once worked in. The senator from Texas laterjoined Dukakis in St. Louis.

Dukakis also received some support from former rivalJesse Jackson yesterday. Jackson, appearing in New York,derided the Republican candidates as "rich young rulers"who are removed from the issues facing working-classpeople.

Bush raps Dukakis on defenseVice President George Bush campaigned in Southern

California yesterday. Bush marched in the Disneyland pa-rade and sent the US Olympic athletes to Seoul, SouthKorea. He likened Dukakis to Jane Fonda, accusing hisopponent of too easily dismissing new weapons systems asunnecessary. Bush said Dukakis "thinks a Naval exerciseis something you find in Jane Fonda's workout book,"and attacked the Massachusetts governor's opposition tothe MX and Midgetman missiles, the Strategic DefenseInitiative, and two new aircraft carrier task forces.

GOP continues to make issue of PledgeRepublican vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle

made a campaign appearance in New York yesterday. TheIndiana senator, speaking at the base of the Statute ofLiberty, declared that he and Bush "proudly and unapolo-getically embrace the values embodied in the Pledge ofAllegiance." The Republicans continue to attack Dukakisfor his veto of a bill to penalize Massachusetts teacherswho refuse to lead students in the Pledge.

AP poll shows dead heatBoth sides are trying to establish themes and images

that can help propel them to victory on Election Day, nowjust nine weeks away. An Associated Press survey releasedthis weekend revealed the race, at this stage, is too closeto call. Bush leads in the South and the Mountain States,while Dukakis is ahead in the Northeast and gaining onthe West Coast. The Midwest was considered a dead heat.

US to rescue troubled S&LFederal regulators are pledging $2 billion to rescue the

largest insolvent savings institution in the nation, Ameri-can Savings and Loan Association of Stockton, CA. TheFederal Home Loan Bank Board will provide the assis-tance over the next ten years. Previously, the biggest res-cue was the $1.3 billion infusion last November for aTexas institution.

50 arrested for giving away free foodFifty people have been arrested in San Francisco after

they clashed with police. The 50 were part of a group whotried to distribute free food and leaflets. A police spokes-man said it was considered an illegal give-away becausethey did not have a permit. The arrested face charges ofcreating a nuisance, illegal distribution of food and illegalleafleting.

1 million spend Labor Day at beachWith a third day of sizzling heat over 100 degrees, an

estimated 1 million people hit the beaches in SouthernCalifornia this Labor Day. In New York, the weather wasmuch more like Autumn. About 1,000 people made a hu-man chain stretching across two Long Island beaches.The group called for an end to ocean dumping. Medicalwaste has kept a lot of people away from eastern beachesthis summer.

Labor Day spotlight on minimum wageSecretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin took the offensive

yesterday against an across-the-board increase in the mini-mum wage sought by Democrats. McLaughlin denouncedthe proposal as "really a job loser and potentially infla-tionary," and said that it failed to address young workers'need for better education and training. She also defendedRepublican support for a sub-minimum "training" wagefor teenagers.

Bills are pending in the Senate that would raise the$3.35 an hour minimum to $4.50 by 1991. House legisla-tion would raise it to $5.05 by 1992. Vice PresidentGeorge Bush is opposed to raising the minimum wage,while Gov. Michael S. Dukakis favors a hike from its pre-sent level, where it has been for the past seven years.

Yellowstone fire rages onAbout 75 firetrucks from as far away as Nevada have

been called in to help protect buildings threatened by for-est fires in and around Yellowstone National Park. Offi-cials have urged residents of Cook City and Silver Gate,MT, to evacuate. Federal officials said 900,000 acres haveburned in the park.

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Olympic Games, which open in Seoul, South Korea, inless than two weeks. It warned that if any incident didmar the games, it would likely be part of a US-South Ko-rean plot to create an excuse to invade the North.

Tyson recuperating after accidentHeavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson is back in the

hospital again for the second time in recent weeks aftersuffering yet another non-boxing-related injury. Tyson isrecuperating in a New York City hospital after receivingminor head and chest injuries in a single-car accident nearhis training camp in upstate New York. A physician saysTyson is undergoing diagnostic tests but is "neurologicallynormal."

US Open resultsThe rain which cancelled Sunday's matches at the US

Open in Flushing Meadows, NY, cleared up in time foryesterday's action. Third-seeded Stefan Edberg and An-ders Jarryd, 15th in the men's draw, were among the seed-ed players to be eliminated. In other third round action,top-seeded Ivan Lendl, scored a 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 win overScott Davis of California; fourth-seeded Andre Agassi de-feated Johan Kriek, 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0; and sixth-seededJimmy Connors beat Peter Aldrich 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

In the fourth round of the women's draw, second-seed-ed Martina Navratilova defeated Elna Reinach, 6-4, 6-1;fifth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini scored a 7-5, 6-4 win overStephanie Rehe; and eleventh-seeded Zina Garrison de-feated Arantxa Sanchez, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

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Eastern Airlines to fire 4000Eastern Airlines is prepared to go ahead with plans to

fire 4000 employees next Saturday. The carrier cleared theway by posting a $4.7 million bond in case Eastern'sunions win a court challenge.

Giants win battle of Super Bowl champsLast night's matchup between the New York Giants and

the Washington Redskins featured the winners of the lasttwo Super Bowls. The Giants - playing to avenge theirdismal last-place finish in 1988 - were able to overcomethe loss of All Pro Linebacker Lawrence Taylor and a 13-3 halftime deficit to defeat the defending Super Bowlchampions, 27-20.

New York's defense rose up in the second half to pro-vide the margin of victory. Defensive back Tom Flynnsnapped a 13-13 tie by returning a blocked punt 27 yardsfor a touchdown with ten minutes to go in the fourthquarter. Less than three minutes later, nose tackle JimBurt rumbled 39 yards to pay dirt after a Doug WilliamsfU,,-k, t- mob,= ;t 17-_1;..hla an aqua of 97 t .. q

Miami tops AP football pollAn overpowering win over top-ranked Florida State

Saturday night has vaulted Miami to the top of the APcollege football poll. The Hurricanes jumped five spots inthe poll after dismantling the Seminoles 31-0. Miamiearned 38 first-place votes. Nebraska remained in second,with Clemson moving up to third. Oklahoma and UCLAround out the top five. The next five are USC, Auburn,Georgia, Michigan, and Florida State.

New Zealander predicts defeatThe designer of the New Zealand challenger in this

week's America's Cup sailing series is expecting the worse.Steve Farr said Dennis Connor's doubled hulled catama-ran Stars and Stripes should beat the New Zealand yachtby over an hour in the first race tomorrow.

FBI nabs police killer in MexicoA spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in

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Young Kennedy voted sexiest manPeople Magazine has given this year's title of "Sexiest

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Quayle and Ginsburg. Ginsburghad very little experience in Con-stitutional law, yet he was select-ed to the Supreme Court. Quaylewas a lightweight senator of ap-parently limited intelligence (hescored 19 points below averageon the National Guard qualifyingexams, arld haldl a checkered c!-l~A(;1111 CI, I l 1 [11 . 1 .~~, D .l~ , ~.'o

lege career), yet he was nominat-ed to serve a heartbeat away fromthe presidency. Without real ac-complishments, silly issues aredriven to the forefront.

Baby-boomers can breathe asigh of relief; if they are quali-fied, pot smoking or NationalGuard duty should not hurt theirchances of holding high office.But the Ginsburg and Quayleflaps should serve as a lesson thatwhen mediocre men are selectedto hold important positions smallindiscretions can become politicalnightmares.

Dan Quayle and Douglas Gins-burg have a lot in common. Bothwere relatively unknown conser-vative baby-boomers who werenominated to serve at the head ofa branch of the US government.Both committed relatively inno-cent infractions far in the pastwhich quickly became controver-sies. But most importantly, bothwere unqualified for the positionsfor which they were nominated.

Ginsburg was an obscureyoung judge who had barelycarved out a record on the USCourt of Appeals when he wasnominated to the SupremeCourt. A daily dose of negativeinformation followed his selec-tion, from serious conflict of in-terest violations to the now fam-ous incidents of marijuana usewhile a student and young lawprofessor. His nomination wasquickly withdrawn.

In much the same way, Quaylewas an obscure Indiana senator(Newsweek reported that he wasfrom Iowa in its Aug. 8 issue)who achieved a very slender legis-lative record during his 12 years

in Congress. His surprise selec-tion as the Republican vice presi-dential nominee brought a floodof bad press, focusing on every-thing from Paula Parkinson toskipping active duty in Vietnamby serving in the National Guard.

In both of these cases, the con-troversial issues were "pee-wees"- actions taken long ago thatwould most likely have no impacton the candidate's job perfor-mance while in office. But theybecame driving concerns only be-cause there were no real recordsto examine. Faced with the job ofunderstanding men with few sub-stantive accomplishments, theselittle issues became massiveproblems.

One would find it hard to be-lieve that Robert Bork's nomrina-tion to the Supreme Court wouldhave been foiled by revelationsabout pot, or that Lloyd Bent-sen's qualifications would havebeen tainted had he not served inthe Army Air Corps duringWorld War II. Both men had es-tablished extensive records whichcould be analyzed and judged by

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feel. "Plot" elements which eventuallyemerges from the romantic mishmash arethat Phillips is really undercover FBI agentCathy Weaver and that Gary doubles asthe leader of the racist hate group.

Costa-Gavras attempts to show how thecomfortable veneer of Norman Rockwelllandscapes can conceal ugly and brutaltruths, but because he spends so muchscreentime focusing on Cathy's and Gary'sromance, he reduces his potentially explo-sive politicol mnseage to excrlciatinglv va-pid and simplistic moralizing. Taken to-gether, the romance scenes crowd out anyserious examination of racial issues, andconsequently any questions of racismquickly take a back seat to the relativelypedestrian concerns of their relationship.

From his track record as a political film-maker, it is clear that Costa-Gavras wantsto reach out to Americans who would oth-erwise be exposed to little if any discussionof racism. While it is true that some atten-tion is better than none, the danger of Be-trayed is that viewers who have thoughtlittle about racism could conclude that themajor problems facing racial minoritiesare confined to these hate groups - whenin reality the problems are endemic

throughout American society. Because Be-trayed embodies racial hatred primarilywithin these extremist groups, the filmconveys the ludicrously simplistic messagethat by ridding the country of these groupsracism will be eliminated. Furthermore,racist hate groups are such easy targets forcriticism that any hits contribute only toan empty victory.

The film could have withstood much ofthis criticism if only it had been bettermade, but it wasn't. The question ofwhether Cathy will follow heart or dutyhas a predictable answer, but one the audi-ence won't care about: the acting isn't con-vincing enough to make the relationshipseem at all real. The plot is full of majorholes, as well, and the film never regainsthe tension and energy of the openingscene.

While Costa-Gavras deserves credit fortackling a serious topic, he also must bearhis share of the blame for the film's fail-ure. It is a measure of just how poorly Be-trayed fares as a political statement that a"comedy" like Coming to Americacounters racial stereotypes and combatsracism much more effectively than thisostensibly "serious" film.

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Betrayed begins by introducing membersof an ultra-rightist racist hate group whosestated purpose is to rid the country ofZOG ("Zionist Occupation Government").In the first few minutes, the group brutallykills a combative and leftist radio talk-show host in Chicago. The scene is chill-ing, even though the radio host is seen onscreen for only a few minutes, because ofCosta-Gavras' precise camerawork and theswift execution of the killing. The film'surgent editing leads one to expect the restof the film to be equally taut and fast-moving.

Whatever interest the opening scene cre-ates quickly disintegrates as the film shiftsits focus to the heart of the AmericanMidwest, where a new farmhand namedKatie Phillips (Debra Winger) falls in lovewith a handsome and masculine farmer,Gary Simmons (Tom Berenger). The filmnow offers numerous establishing shots ofgolden wheat fields and white woodenhouses to evoke a down-home American

Debra Winger and Tom Berenger playconflict in Costa-Gavras' Betrayed.BETRAYEDDirected by Costa-Gavras.Starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger.At the Cheri Theatre.

By MANAVENDRA K. THAKUR

T IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR that filmswith only one or two non-white ac-tors, each playing minor roles, mustmeet particularly stringent criteria

before they can be called a major state-ment against racism and racial violence.Of the two films this past summer thathave undertaken this task, Chris Menges'A World Apart and the acclaimed directorCosta-Gavras's Befrayed (both of whichmiss their intended marks), Menges' filmis, at least, well-acted and well-made. Bybotching its political concerns as well as itsuse of cinematic tools, Betrayed hardlycomes close to arousing anti-racist pas-sions and fulfilling the promise of itsopening scene.

Schemers Pooh-bah, Ko-Ko,and Pitti-Sing suffer the wrathof the Emperor of Japan in thebrilliant and witty Musical The-atre Guild production of Gilbertand Sullivan's The Mikado,which continues through Sep-tember 17. Watch for a full re-view of the many excellentperformances in Friday's issue.

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Eddie "The Chief' Clearwater Hand andD. L. Menard & The Louisiana Acesperform at 9 pm at Nightstage, 823 MainStreet, Cambridge, just north of MIT.Telephone: 497-8200.

THEATERAccidents, Random Mishaps, PersonalProblems, Tim Dungan-Levant's one-man comedy, opens today at The Perfor-mance Place, 277 Broadway, Somerville.Continues through September 24 withpet formances Thur-Fri at 8 pmn and Satat 6 pm & 9 pro. Tickets: $8. Telephone:023-551!0.

Lydie Breeze, part of John Guare's lyri-cal trilogy about the dissolution of a uto-pian community on Nantucket in theyears following the Civil War, opens to-day at the Alley Theatre, 1253 Camn-bridge Street, Cambridge, near InmanSquare. Continues through October 22with performances Thur-Sun at 8 pro.Tickets: S12. Telephone: 491-8166.

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* , , CRITIC'S CHOICE , , [The Mike Metheny Quartet performsat noon at the Hatch Shell, CharlesRiver Esplanade, Boston. No admis-sion charge.

FILM & VIDEOThe Somerville Theatre presents TheManchurian Candidate at 2:45 & 7:45and State of teh Union at 5:20 & 10:00.Also presented September 12. Located at55 Davis Square, West Somerville, justby the Davis Square T-stop on the redline. Admission: $5 general, $3 seniorsand children (good for the double bill).Telephone: 625-1081.

* , , CRITIC'S CHOICE * , .In celebration of Jean Renoir's 93rdbirthday, the Harvard-EpworthChurch presents The River (Jean Re-noir, 1950) at 8 pr. Located at 1555Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,just north of Harvard Square. Admis-sion: $_ contribution. Tel: 354-0837. I

* , , CRITIC'S CHIOICE , , ,Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikadocontinues through September 17 as apresentation of the MIT Musical The-atre Guild in Kresge Little Theater[see review this issue]. Performancesare Fri-Sun at 8 pr. Tickets: $7 gen-eral, $6 MIT faculty & staff, $5 se-niors & students, $4 MIT students.Telephone: 253-6294.

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POPULAR MUSIC, ETC.Anita Baker performs at 6 pm on theBoston Common, entrance on the Tre-mont Street side. Also presented Septem-ber 11. Tickets: $14 to $23. Telelphone:426-6666.

King Sunny Adi and the African Beatsand Ibrahima's World Beat perform atthe Channel, 25 Neeco Street, near SouthStation in downtown Boston. Tickets:$9.50 advance/S10.50 at the door. Tele-phone: 451-1905.

Dogaill, The Merchants, and In Case ofJerome perform at T.T. the Bear's, l0Brookline Street, Cambridge, just northof MIT. Telephone: 492-8200.

Raindogs, Dharma Bums, B.B. Buell,and Knightmare perform at the Rat, 528Commonwealth Avenue, KenmoreInlmare ioton. Telephone' 51;6-94gz.

The James Montgomery Blues Band per-forms at Johnny D's, 17 Holland Street,Somerville, just by the Davis SquareT-stop on the red line. Tel: 776-9667.

Karla Bunoff performs at 8 pm & 11 pmat Nightstage, 823 Main Street, Cam-bridge, just north of MIT. Telephone:497-8200.

A record release reception for FredHoun's "A Song for Manong" is present-ed at 7 pm in the Harry Dow Communi-ty Room, Tent City. 130 DartmouthStreet, Boston. Tickets: $10 advance/S12at the door. Telephone: 426-5313.

CLASSICAL MUSICThe Long Early Music faculty performa concerx of vocal and instrumental en-semble pieces a, 8 pm in the EdwardPickman Concert Hall, Longy School ofMusic, Fotlen and Garden Streets, Cam-bridge. No admission charge. Telephone:876-0956.

POPULAR MUSIC, ETC.Johnny Kemp performs in an 18+ agesshow at 8 pm & II prn at Nightstage,823 Main Street, Cambridge, just northof MIT. Telephone: 497-8200.

JAZZ MUSIC

*+ * ,CRITIC'S CHOICE , , ,[The Sugarcubes perform at Citi (for-merly Metro), 15 Lansdowne Street,just across from the entrance to thebleachers at Fenway Park. Tickets:$11.50 advance/S!2.50 day of show.Telephone: 262-2424.

Ian Matthews and Robin Lane performat 9 pm at Nightstage, 823 Main Street,Cambridge, just north of MIT. Tele-phone: 497-8200.

The Tommy Dorsey Band performs at7:30 at the Somerville Theatre, 55 DavisSquare, West Somerville, just by the Da-vis Square T-stop on the red line. Tele-phone: 625-1081.

CLASSICAL MUSICThe Longy Improvisation Ensemble per-forms at 8 pm in the Edward PickmanConcert Hall, Longy School of Music,Follen and Garden Streets, Cambridge.No admission charge. Tel: 876-0956.

THEATERFool For Love, Sam Shepard's scorchingportrait of a tragic love affair, opens to-day at the New Ehrlich Theatre, 539 Tre-mont Street, Boston. Continues throughNovember 20 with performances Thur-Fri at 8 po, Sat at 5 pm & 8:30, and Sunat 2 pno. Tickets: $12 to $15. Telephone:482-6316.

FILM & VIDEOThe Brattie Theatre presents Andrei Tar-kovsky's SaIk-." (1979) at 2:30, 5:30, &8:30. Continues through Thursday, Sep-tember 15. Located at 40 Brattie Street,Harvard Square, Cambridge. Admission:$4.75 general, $3 seniors and children.Telephone: 876-6837.

The Rumones at the Channel on Septem-ber 14. The 4th Annual Boston FilmFestival at Copley Place, September 15to 22. Iggy Pop at the Orpheum Theatreon September 16. John Cale at the Para-dise on September 16. Scruffy the CLat atthe Channel on September 17. O Positiveat Nightstage on September 17. RobinTrower at the Paradise on September 19.Red Stewart at the Wrcester Centrumon Sept. 22, at the Providence Civic Cen-ter on Sept. 23, and at the Boston Gar-den on Sept. 24. Boston SymphonyOrchestra Opening Night at SymphonyHall on September 29. La Syiphide per-formed by the Boston Ballet at the WangCenter, October6 to 16. The MichaelBreeker Band at the Wang Center on Oc-tober 7. Midnight Oil at the Orpheum..Theater on October 8.

, , CRITIC'S CHOICE · * [The Brattie Theatre presents OrsonWelles' Citizen Kane (1941) at 3:05,5:15, 7:40, & 10:00. Continuesthrough Monday, September 12. Lo-cated at 40 Brattle Street, HarvardSquare, Cambridge. Admission: $4.75general, $3 seniors and children. Tele-phone: 876-6837.

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King Stag, Carlo Gozzi's magical fablefor the whole family, continues throughSeptember I1I at the American RepertoryTheatre, Loeb Drama Center, 64 BrattieStreet,.Harvard Square, Cambridge. Per-formances are Tues-Sat at 8 pro, Sun at7 pro, and matinees September IO and 1Ilat 2 pro. Tickets: $14 to $28. Telephone:547-8300.

pPa OBe~ntaperforms ?at 7C30 a~tTGr eatWoods, Routes 140 and 495, Mansfield,MA. Tickets: $14.50 and $18.50. Tele-phone: 508-339-2333.

The Church, with guest: Peter Murphyand Tom Verlaine, perform at the Or-pheumn Theatre, Hamilton Place, Bos-ton. Tickets: $17 and $18. Telephone:492-1900 or 787-8000.

Rick Berlin: The Movie, with guests AlHalliday & The Hurricanes, Nilework,and Target, perform at the Channel, 25Neeco Street, near South Station indowntown Boston. Tickets: $4.50. Tele-phone: 451-1905.

The !tals and Roots Radics perform atthe Parachse. 967 Commonwealth Ave-nue, Boston. Telephone: 254-2052.

The Restless Sleepers, Blood Oranges,and Glee Club perform at T.T. theBear's, 10 Brookline Street, Cambridge,just north of MIT. Telephone: 492-8200.

Slaves, Straw Dogs, and Loved Ones per-form at the Rat, 528 Commonwealth Av-enue, Kenmore Square, Boston. Tele-phone: 536-9438.

Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson performs atJohnny D's, 17 Holland Street, Somer-ville, just by the Davis Square T-stop onthe red line. Telephone: 776-9667.

Lonnie Mack and The Icemen performat 8 pm & II pmn at Nightstage, 823Main Street, Cambridge, just north ofMIT. Telephone: 497-8200.

CLASSICAL MUSICThe Boston Academy of Music presentsthe music of Samuel Barber at 8 pmn inKillian Hall, MIT Hayden Library, 160Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Tickets: $8general, $6 seniors and students. Tele-phone: 241-8282.

A Gershwin Gals, featuring piano andvoice works by George Gershwin, is pre-sented at 8 pin in the Edward PickmanConcert Hall, Longy School of Music,Follen and Garden Streets, Cambridge.No admission charge. Tel: 876-0956.

THEATERYankee See, Yankee Do, an off-beat ir-reverent look at how New Englanders actand think, opens today at the BostonBaked Theatre, 255 Elm Street, DavisSquare, Somerville. Performances areThur-Fri at 8 pin and Sat at 8:00 &10:15. Tickets: $11 to $114. Telephone:628-9575.

DANCEDouble Take is presented by BenitaBike's DanceArt, the Boston-based mod-ern dance company, at 8 pmn in the ball-room of the Boston Center for AdultEducation, 5 Commonwealth Avenue,Boston. No admission charge. Tele-phone: 899-9348.

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Twenty Years of Tapestry Acquisitions:1965-45 continues through December inthe William I. Koch Gallery, the Museumof Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue,Boston. Telephone: 267-9300.

tn�r t:rp�hm�(Murder at Rutherford House, the amus-ing audience-participation murder mys-tery, continues indefinitely at the WilburTheatre, 246 Tremont Street, Boston.Performances are Thur-Sat at 8 pro,matineies Sat-Sun at 2 pro. Tickets:$33.50 to $37.50 (includes dinner). Tele-phone: 423-4008.

Nunsense, depicting the talent showstaged by the Little Sisters of Hobokenin order to raise money to bury four oftheir number currently in the conventfreezer, continues indefinitely at theCharles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Street,Boston. Performances are Tues-Fri at8 pr, Sat at 6pmn & 9pro, matineesThur at 2 pm and Sun at 3 pro. Tickets:$15.50 to $26.50. Telephone: 426-6912.

Shear Mandness, the long-running comicmurder mystery, continues indefinitely atthe Charles Playhouse, 74 WarrentonStreet, Boston. Performances are Tues-Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 6:30 and 9:30 pro,Sun at 3 and 7:30 pm. Tickets: $16 and$19. Telephone: 426-6912.

ON CAMPUSEarth, Sa and Sky, etchings and draw-ings of Charles H. Woodbury, MIT Classof 1886, continues through October 2 atthe MIT Museum, N52-2nd floor, 265Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Gal-lery hours are Tues-Fri 9-5 and Sat-Sun12-4. Telephone: 253 4.44.

Microscapes, 50 color photographs madewith macro and micro lenses throughelectronic microscopes, continuesthrough September 9 at the ComptonGallery, between lobbies 10 and 13, justoff the infinite corridor. Gallery hoursare weekdays 9-5. Telephone: 253-4444.

Heinrich Hertz: The Beginning of Micro-waves continues through December 31I atthe MIT Museum, NS2-2nd floor, 265Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Gal-lery hours are Tues-Fri 9-5 and Sat-Sun12-4. Telephone: 253 444.

OFF CAMPUShnagine: Art with the Macintosh, an ex-

hibition of full color, computer generat-ed art emphasizing original and creativeuse of the medium. continues throughOctober 15 at the Computer Museum,Museum Warf, 300 Congress Street, Bos-ton. Gallery hours are Sat-Thur 10-5 andFri 10-9. Admission: $4.50 general, $3.50seniors and students. Tel: 423-6758.

Where Images Come From: Drawingsandi Photographs by Fr-ederick Soremer,featuring 55 works by one of America'sleading experimental and avant-gardephotographers, continues through Octo-ber 16 at the Museum of Fine Arts, 465Huntington Avenue, Boston. Telephone:267-9300.

The John P. Axelrod Collection of Mem-phis: The Contemporary Design Group,featuring furniture. ceramics, glass, tex-tiles, prints, and jewelry by the Italiandesign group Memphis, continuesthrough October 30 at the Museum ofFine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Bos-ton. Telephone: 267-9300.

JAZZ M ~USICThe Trinity College Jazz Ensemble per-forms at 7:30 in the Boston UniversityConcert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave-nue, Boston. No admission charge. Tele-phone: 353-3358.

The Frank Chickens perform at the BrattleTheatre in Harvard Square, September 6 to 8.

. . CRITIC'S CHOICE...The Frank Chickens, that dynamicJapanese duo performing their bizarreEast meets West musical cabaret, arepresented at 9:30 at the Brattle The-Iatre, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard iSquare, Cambridge. Performancescontinue through Thursday, Septema-ber 8. Tickets: 10. Tel: 876-6837.

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. . .CRITIC'S CHOICE . .*Tangerine Dream and ex-Police AndySummers perform at 8 pm at theSomerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square,West Somerville, just by the DavisSquareT-stop on the red line. Tickets: $16.50& $18.50. Telephone: 625-1081. Umnces by Isadora, selections from the

repertoire of lsadora Duncan, is per-formed at 12:30 in the Federal ReserveBank of Bostoh's auditorium, 600 Atlan-tic Avenue, across from South Station indowntown Boston. No admission charge.T'elephone: 973-3454 or 973-3368.

FILM & VIDEOThe Somerville Theatre presents Bill For-syth's Local Hero at 5:30 & 9:45 andMoonstruck, starring Cher and NicolasCage, at 7:45. Located at 55 DavisSquare, West Somerville, just by the Da-vis Square T-stop on the red line. Admis-sion: $4.50 general, $3 seniors and chil-dren (good for the double bill).Telephone: 625-1081.

* * .CRITIC'S CHOICE . .*Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfier (ofDire Straits) perform at 7:30 at GreatWood, Routes 140 and 495, Mans-field, MA. Also presented Septem-ber 14. Tickets: $16 and $20.50. Tele-phone: 508-339-2333.

JAZZ MUSICThe Mike Metheny Quartet performs at9 pm at the RegattaBar at the CharlesHotel, Harvard Square, Cambridge.Tickets: $4.75. Telephone: 876-7777.

CLASSICAL MUSICVox Humana performs at 12:15 at King'sChapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston. Ad-mission: donation requested. Telephone:227-2155.

FILM & VIDEOThe Brattie Theatre presents the originalThe Blob (Irvin S. Yeaworth, 1958) at2:15, 4:00, 5:40, & 7:30. Continuesthrough Thursday, September 8. Locatedat 40 Brattie Street, Harvard Square,Cambridge. Admission: $4.75 general,$3 seniors and children. Tel: 876-6837.

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. * .CRITIC'S CHOICE . .*The Harvard-Epworth Church beginsits Yasujiro Ozu film series with Pass-ing Fancy (1933) at 8 pro. Located at1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Cam-bridge, just north of Harvard Square.Admission: $3 contribution. Tele-phone: 354-0837.

. . . CRITIC'S CHOICE...The Annual Student Loan Exhibitionat MIT, with more than 320 contem-porary prints and photographs fromMIT's permanent collection, including30 prints by Berenice Abbot, openstoday at the List Visual Arts Center,MIT Wiesner Building El5, 20 AmesStreet, Cambridge. Continues throughSeptember 22 with gallery hoursweekdays 12-6 and weekends 1-5.Telephone: 253-4680.

EXHIBITSEspace Parisien (Parisian Space), worksby French artist Claude Larosa, openstoday at the A.K.A. Skylight Gallery, 43Charles Street, Boston. Continuesthrough September 30 with gallery hoursMon-Sat 10-5. No admission charge.Telephone: 720-2855.

. . . CRITIC'S CHOICE * * *1The Somerville Theatre presents Lou-

;: 1 ;:3;, 7:45, &'" O:00. Also pre-sented September 10. Located at 55Davis Square, West Somerville, justby the Davis Square T-stop on the redline. Admission: $5 general, $3 se-niors and children. Tel: 625-1081.

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(Continued from page 1) a lack of practice time. The re-maining students voted 119-'17in favor of disbandment (not117-113, as reported in The NewYork Times).

On that same day, October 9,1901, MIT lost its first and onlygame of the season to HolyCross, 15-0. The team was abol-ished immediately afterwards,with an outstanding debt of$190, a considerable sum forthose days.

"There may be some differenceof opininn respeetinrg their ;,ceto givt up football ... with re-spect to that sport the reasonsthat seem to justify the step andthe moral courage required intaking it will be conceded by allreflecting persons," editorializedthe Boston Transcript, then themost respected newspaper in thecity.

"In some institutions, a recordin intercollegiate football or oth-er athletics appears necessary toattract students, but it is not nec-essary at 'Tech,' " they added.

Thle Boston Herald was lesssanguine about the move. "Nowthat football has been abolished,we wonder how MIT will getalong without that department."

For nearly 40 years, football at

MIT was restricted to intramuralcompetitions between the fresh-man and sophomore classes;both classes continued the tradi-tion of practicing against neigh-boring high schools (and notalways winning).

In 1940 and 1941, a combinedjunior-senior football team (la-beled "non-varsity" by the Ath-letic Board) played several inter-collegiate games, compiling arecord of 1-5-1 over the two sea-sons. Due to a lack of interest,lack or s-uccess, and a lack ofmanpower caused by the onset ofWorld War II, the attempt to re-establish competitive footballdied quietly.

Twenty-four years later, clamorfrom fraternities resulted in asurvey of the student body whichindicated a desire for some sortof organized intercollegiate foot-ball. But after a year's study, theAthletic Board voted in 1 966against football at MIT.

Finally, in 1978, a club footballteam developed from participantsin "A!' league intramural compe-tition. In April of that year, a giftfrom New York Yankees' ownerGeorge Steinbrennler III madeMIT's new athletic stadium possi-ble. The stadium was christened

in honor of George's father, Hen-ry G. Steinbrenner '27, the onlyMIT tracksman at that time tohave won a national champion-ship in his event. Steinbrennerthanked the city of Boston, citingthe Red Sox's loss in a playoffthat year to the Yankees as thesource of the funding for the newtrack.

After a thirty-five year hiatus,MIT's third attempt at intercolle-giate football took the field at

Fitchburg State. Although MITlost that game 27-12, they soonbecame one of the better teams inthe National Collegiate FootballAssociation. In 1985, the Engi-neers defeated the Roger Wil-liams Hawks 16-9 in season finaleto qualify for the NCFA playoffs.MIT faced Worcester State in thefirst round that year, and took a16-3 lead at the half before losingto the eventual champions, 23-16.

Rush. This athletic competitionbetween the freshman and sopho-more classes was one of threeevents comprising the Field Daycompetition which determinedwhether freshmen were to be al-lowed to carry canes on campus.

In the Cane Rush, the fresh-man class was given possession ofa cane, and it was the responsi-bility of the sophomore class tocharge at them and wrest posses-sion or the cane away. Whicheverclass had the most pairs of handson the cane at the end of thecompetition was declared thewinner.

Hugh C. Moore '04, a memberof the freshman team, 'wrappedhimself bodily around his end ofthe cane" to prepare for thesophomore charge. Hie was bur-ied in the pile, and when the dustcleared, the sophomores were vic-torious by a score of 19 hands to11 and Moore suffered a brokenneck, and later died.

The following year (1901, not1900 as reported by the News Of-

fice), at a meeting of the studentbody attended by 500, Pritchettproposed an end to the CaneRush tradition. Later at thatmeeting, after about half of theattendants left because theythought it was over, the chairmanproposed that intercollegiatefootball also be disbanded due to

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SALE 649.95 1 SAV7E $20 1 Smith Corona PWP 40 Personal Word Pro-cessor. Just type your text and PWP will do the rest! Typing and editing are easy with,, -,,-.-~~,,?capabilities such as a built-in d isk drive, .4/'ySpell-Right TM11 50,600 word dictionary, . ,: %. . ·8 line x 80 column backlit liquid crystaldisplay, Block Move, Co py, Delete, Insert,S earch, Replace, and much more! (Available : 'at Harvard & MIT Only) Reg. 449.95

SALE 399.95-"

SAVE $20 ;Smith Corona XL2500 Typewriter. The}ro thit ofis asystem is the SPell-Rig.htm

correction.~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ R. , _ : , ,,___..5u,uw word electronic dictlonary that alerts -F _ - --/ /you to spelling and typing errors the moment -[hey occur. A complete correction system,easy-to-change supplies and portability makethe XL2500 a choice electronic typewriter.Mcg. i99.95

SALE~E 179.95wi~i

.xtended store hours for Back-to-Schooh:

IARVARD SQUARE HARVARD SQUARE MIT COOP AT KENDALLSun, Sept 11 -12:00 noon -6:00pm; Sun, Sept 8 .12:00 noon. 6:00pm; Mon, Sept 19 - Cambridge 3 Cambridge CenterWed, Sept 21 -9:204m -8:30pm; Sun, Sept 25*. 12:00 noon -6:00prn (Student Sunday). M-Sat 9:205:45pin M-Fri 9:15-7pm

MIT COOP AT KENDALL Thurs 'til 8:30pm Thurs 'til 8:30pm

Tues, Sept 13 -9:15am -8:30pm; Wed, Sept 14 -9:15am-8:30pm; Frl, Sept 16 - 9:15am- Sat 9.15-5:45pm8:30pm; Sun, Sept 25 - 12:00 noon -6:00pm (Student Sunday).

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