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...more interestingly, the film avoids a moralistic tone by showing how the grease and leather can serve as an ironical security blanket. In addition to providing release from harsh home life and bleaker prospects, being a greaser safeguards the characters against further pain. When Ponyboy falls for a pretty soc, she encourages him for a while but then admonishes. "If I see you in school, and don't say hello, don't take it personally." Those incidents, coupled with the tragedy which befalls a greaser-turned-Good Samaritan, show why the greaser alliance can become a useful shield...
...State Department officials can also see the potential pressures on Kohl that may result from the Bundestag's new seating arrangement. They recognize that a Kohl victory is not necessarily a blanket endorsement for U.S. missiles in West Germany. Says a senior State Department analyst: "The question is not whether we can deploy. We can deploy, there is no doubt about it now. But the election does not guarantee that we can do so in an orderly way." In other words, the U.S. must still demonstrate flexibility in the Geneva talks and put any onus for failure...
...religion. Harvard disdainfully dismisses objections as mere attempts to "avoid requirements." But whose requirements are they? Certainly Harvard should not assume that one set of guidelines, ostensibly established to meet students' educational needs, will suit everyone perfectly. The Faculty's unwillingness to entertain suggestions for change indicates Harvard's blanket assumption that no student's alternative will be as academically sound...
...monogrammed electric kettle for the royal cup of China tea, her own kid lavatory seat and an attache case filled with the homeopathic remedies that her granny reared her on. An ever present handbag (she would sooner go outside without shoes than leave it be hind) is her security blanket: it gives her something to do with her hands and holds her glasses and makeup...
Massachusetts is the first state to impose blanket restrictions on such investments. Both Michigan and Connecticut have some provisions regulating the state government's purchase of these securities. Sen Jack Backman (D-Brookline), one of the bill's sponsors, said this week that similar legislation has been introduced in 15 other states...