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...book with an explanation of the Second Wave, born of the Industrial Revolution. The subtitles that break up the copy every page or so yield the basic scheme, not to mention mentality, of Toffler's discussion. "The Technicians of Power." "Mechano-Mania." "The Streamlined Family." "The Paper Blizzard." "The Progress Principle." Under industrialism, he argues, life is as nasty, brutish and short as it ever...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Wave Goodbye | 4/15/1980 | See Source »

...little more than two years ago, as the drifts of the Blizzard of '78 slowly melted in the Yard, three freshmen baked a cake in the Union Kitchen. The three had heard that President Bok was celebrating his birthday and they planned to surprise him. None of the three had ever really met Derek Bok--they shook hands in the atrium of the Fogg that September--but they figured it would be a nice gesture...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: The Graying of Derek Bok | 4/9/1980 | See Source »

...While riding the lecture circuit in the Midwest, Professor Jack Winesap meets a strange old historian with a stranger pronouncement: "I have a son who's a monster." Winesap accepts an invitation to the man's house, arrives at an isolated and crumbling old estate during a blizzard, and is promptly snowed in for the night. After some suspenseful dawdling, the host allows his guest to visit Freddy, a young man who stands some 8 ft. tall. The bars on the windows of his room and the locks on his door have been put there by Freddy. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Devil's Due | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...magazine. Byrne reacted like a gangbuster, demoting Leonard to the photo pool, with a pay reduction from $21,000 to $15,000. Leonard quit. Said she: "The photo was shot when the city had fewer problems and there was time to play." At week's end a blizzard was heading toward Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: What Makes Jane Burn? | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...turned out, a terrific blizzard struck Squaw Valley just before the Games. No Gauls perished in the snow, despite the .fears of the French skiing official, but whether they made bed check is another matter (Sinatra was not there, but Danny Kaye and Red Skelton were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Way It Used to Be | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

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