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...unexpected geologic inversion produced a bizarre result: Crocodile Dundee (Beacon Hill). Beyond this, Dewitt couldn't figure out what had gone wrong. Paul Hogan always seemed pretty funny on the Foster's commercials, and Dewitt always found a certain charm in the Land Down Under--so why is Crocodile Dundee such a bad movie? The answer can be stated in very simple terms: because it's stupid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Dewitt | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

...some sense of what is acceptable, what is right. "Although I can't say Reagan made kids behave the way they did at Howard Beach," says Roger Wilkins, senior research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, "whites get the message that the leader of this country, the moral beacon, is saying it's all right to be racist." That judgment was considerably exaggerated, but it nonetheless remains true that any sign of indifference means that the beast is free to prowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racism On The Rise | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

Since the University lost its status as a state university and Beacon Hill lost its grip on the Board of Overseers in the late 19th century, the alumni-elected governing body effectively has ceded ultimate control of University affairs to the seven-man governing Corporation, only one of whom, the Harvard president, answers to the community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Overlook the Overseers | 1/30/1987 | See Source »

Designed by the FAA and built by both Allied Bendix and Sperry/Dalmo Victor, TCAS II uses a transponder to interrogate as well as answer another plane's radar beacon by sending out information on its position. When two planes are on a potential collision course, onboard TCAS computers alert the pilots with flashing lights, voice messages and a radar screen display showing the planes' relative positions; the computers even indicate up or down evasive action. Following the Cerritos tragedy, the FAA ordered that no aircraft be allowed into the terminal control area above major airports without an altitude-signaling transponder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying with TCAS II | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

After performing the bizarre rite on Beacon Hill, Rupert said, "There's a little blood and pain...but no risk...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: THE BEST OF 1986 | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

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