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...issue: the Socialist government's proposals to reform higher education. President François Mitterrand included the overhaul of French universities in his campaign platform two years ago. Now his Education Minister, Alain Savary, has introduced a plan to open up higher education to more students and alter the system to make it more democratic. But by sharpening the inherent conflict between quality and equality, the plan has touched off a two-week filibuster in the National Assembly, polarized the university community, and called into question some of the fundamental tenets of the country's educational system...
When Terry Ray Robinson graduates today, he will leave behind about a dozen alter egos: suave singer, town floozie and betrayer of Christ--just to name a few. Four four years, Robinson has brought these characters to life on various Harvard stages, earning a reputation as one of the college's most talented performers...
While the House renovations will grip under graduates and alter student life for at least three more years, the fire alarm routine may not. Warren F. Clancy, Harvard's superintendent of technical services, believes the alarm frequency will drop, following a customary "shake-down" period and growing familiarity with the easily triggered devices. He notes that while the number of detectors increased from 380 to 2227 between September and April, the number of fire alarms per month had only doubled, rising from 26 to 57. He adds that, in a typical month, the majority of the alarms are triggered...
...time than the actors apparently got. Bob Gunton is a shade too stilted as James, hoping perhaps that physical constriction could simulate advanced middle age. Frank Langella moves with grand assurance across Broadway's Longacre stage, ranging from impish mischief to laceration of soul. As Eleanor and her alter ego, Damon and Kerr lend their roles compelling honesty, and Roxanne Hart is a five-alarm sexual conflagration...
...which in these campaigns were more limited: to make possible things that were once thought impossible, to rearrange what the Soviets call the correlation of forces, to change the terms of reality, debate and thus ultimately negotiation. Far from excluding negotiations, a primary purpose of these wars was to alter their terms. When Jaruzelski talks to Walesa, Britain to Argentina, and Israel to the Palestinians, as in the long run they must, the grounds will have changed. Walesa has indicated his willingness to accept the new "political realities" if the regime softens its line. Argentina will at best...