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...publicly stated wish to be intellectually independent of the magazine's backers, the Mac Arthur Foundation, lead to a series of publicized run-ins with John MacArthur. Harper's President and Publisher Mac Arthur was looking "for a more Saturday Review-type audience, small-town school teachers who bemoan the fact that nobody writes letters anymore, says a former Harper's writer, Timothy Noah '80. Kinsley left last summer and moved to Washington to become a senior editor at The New Republic...

Author: By Theodore P. Friend, | Title: HARPER'S: Not So Bizarre | 3/3/1984 | See Source »

Despite the general focus on lower-level education, a healthy bureaucratic battle has been waged over questions of higher education. Yet a number of educators bemoan the fact that higher education is not, in the words of University of Minnesota President C. Peter Magrath, "a politically attractive issue...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Education and Big Politics | 2/15/1984 | See Source »

...latest Army fatigues appear to be neither. The half-nylon, half-cotton outfit, with its amoebic pattern of green, brown, tan and black, is unacceptably hot, even in temperate climates. It was designed to be an "all-service, all-purpose" uniform, but clerks, mechanics and drill sergeants alike bemoan its uncomfortable cut and slovenly look. It was supposed to be the pride of the Pentagon, but the battle dress uniform (B.D.U.) has been rapidly unraveling as a dud. Or so suggests an internal Army cable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Combat Couture Under Fire | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...when Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, and Lauren Bacall spend time with Nesson and Miller examining issues like privacy, most likely thousands of viewers will tune in. "I've spent 15 years examining the issue of privacy." Miller says, adding "And now I have none." But Miller does not bemoan his loss of privacy, explaining that when he feels down and someone yells from a moving car, "'Hey Arthur, great show last week,' then I feel a lot better...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: The Silver Screen | 9/28/1983 | See Source »

While administrators seem to welcome this change in the make-up of the Black student body, many Black campus leaders bemoan, what they perceive as an apathetic community. Cooke criticizes the University for this: "The University has made a concerted effort to integrate Black students and lessen the perception of us as a unit." She sarcastically adds, "I think it's been successful--I tip my hat to them...

Author: By Holly A. Ideison, | Title: Evolving, But Remaining Vital | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

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