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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...words came across in muffled streams of Russian, with the simultaneous translation intruding a second later, and much louder, over the public address system. The two grated together, making it difficult to hear...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: Lost in the Translation | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...destiny. Barrett contends that philosophy can recall us to that world. To support his claim he cites three modern figures: Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein and William James. However divergent in their styles of thought, they shared Kant's conviction that freedom was the principal issue philosophy had to address. For Wittgenstein, freedom resides in the ambiguity of language; for Heidegger, in the fluid, indeterminate character of being; for William James, in the workings of a moral will. What Kant considered the "other two grand questions," God and immortality, issue from our awareness of the liberty that lies "within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pursuit of the Really Real | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...they said, put us in an even better light, work more closely with us so we can see what you are doing, or prove yourselves hypocrites. At the same time, members of the administration railed against coverage of the demonstrations, making their case to reporters privately while refusing to address the demonstrators. Stuck in the middle, we changed nothing, and displeased everyone. That...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Just The Facts, Sir | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...offically welcomed to Harvard-Radcliffe by President Bok and Radcliffe President Horner. Derek Bok is an interesting guy. He's paid to look good and talk smooth. And you might see him two or three times more, with luck, before you graduate. Dean Henry Rosovsky will give an address, which promises be a million laughs. If it rains, forget it, because the welcoming will be held in Sanders Theater, which can't hold all of you. Which means that they stick the latecomers into the Science Center, where you watch the whole thing on big TV screens. They did that...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Welcome to Freshman Week--How About a Game of Catch? | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...Fairfield County was the headquarters for only four companies on the FORTUNE 500 list. Now there are 24, tying Fairfield with Chicago for second place, behind New York City (82), as a corporate address. Before long the county will move ahead of Chicago: Union Carbide, the Continental Group Inc. (formerly Continental Can) and Singer Co. have announced plans to move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bedroom to Board Room | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

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